Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4185 23 Jan 2026, 08:49

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Emergency shutdown 36 0 0 0 0 36 5 0 5 4:24.107 Passed
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
Feature Emergency shutdown
As a Tails user when I unplug my Tails device to trigger emergency shutdown I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.197
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.030
When I eject the boot medium 0.279
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.857
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.422
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.064
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.110 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.246
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.044
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.859
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.348
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.351
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.892
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.947 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.815
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.664 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.033
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.570
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.727
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.858
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.870 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.275
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.495 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.760
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.418
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.360
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.299 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.398
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.860
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1528 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000