Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4212 05 Feb 2026, 11:56

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 4:32.616 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
42.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.790
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.003
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 6.851
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.544
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.827
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.469 
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 5.405
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.696 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.969
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 7.058
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.736
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.946
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.911
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.293 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.270
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.042
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.630 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.619
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 7.456
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.465
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.647
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.887
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.153 
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 4.246
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.519 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.997
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 8.861
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.531
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.015 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.471
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.984
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.599 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1521 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000