Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4219 09 Feb 2026, 11:47

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 4:35.229 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
42.939
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 36.923
When I eject the boot medium 0.167
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.946
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 7.026
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.049
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.401 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.314
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.577 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.038
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 7.354
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.371
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.870
And I read the content of the test FS 0.076
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.364 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.912
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.573 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.355
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 7.744
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.189
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.834
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.012 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.369
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.948
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.335
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 10.865
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.159 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.295
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.701
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.584 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1538 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000