Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4218 08 Feb 2026, 11:43

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 4:35.109 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
46.189
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 36.653
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.023
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 6.683
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.055
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.112 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.359
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.853
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.528 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.196
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 6.554
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.571
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.601
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.745
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.156 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.644
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.628 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.423
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 6.782
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.408
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.850
And I read the content of the test FS 0.069
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.102 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.031
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.600 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.276
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 8.145
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.460
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.227 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.349
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.848
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.600 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1517 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000