Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4204 02 Feb 2026, 12:03

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 5:2.469 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
51.807
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 37.629
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 13.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
36.534
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.583
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.837
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.109 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.968
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.507 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.584
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 6.813
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.186
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.193
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.197 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.278
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.053
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.498 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
57.144
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 7.075
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.310
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.913
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.888 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.838
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.510 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.398
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 7.742
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.407
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.233
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.897 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.307
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.303
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.529 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000