Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4211 04 Feb 2026, 17:25

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 4:24.324 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
40.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.256
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.399
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 6.437
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.143
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.061 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.720
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.491
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 7.203
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.376
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.285
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.785
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.095 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.943
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.544 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.874
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 7.169
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.104
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.698
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.936 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.665
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.605 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:56.051
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.291
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.313
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.942 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.296
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.979
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1516 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000