Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4205 03 Feb 2026, 08:55

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 5:34.124 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
59.407
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 51.684
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.026
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 7.350
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.367
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.265
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.113 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.980
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.700 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.873
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.404
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.351
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.847
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.059
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.453 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.749
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.734 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:3.319
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.576
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.270
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.094
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.343 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.190
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.160
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.288 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.381
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.162
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 12.980 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.340
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.693
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.929 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000