Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4203 01 Feb 2026, 12:08

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 4:56.118 Passed
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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
49.627
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.242
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.711
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.566
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.470
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.285 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.292
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.570
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.499 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.350
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 7.132
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.573
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.234
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.996 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.117
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.626 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.006
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 6.920
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.602
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.253
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.718
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.879 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.829
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.737
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 7.383
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.423
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.068 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.381
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.307
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.626 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1538 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000