Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4209 04 Feb 2026, 13:00

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 6:50.426 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
1:40.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:29.441
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.911
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 8.679
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.408
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.775
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.870 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.050
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.880 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1510 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.709
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 10.254
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 7.483
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.615
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.535 
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 11.851
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.228 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:10.586
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 8.823
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.505
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.156
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.381
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 14.385 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.240
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.154
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.885 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:14.590
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 10.186
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.358
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.034 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.405
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.844
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.888 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000