Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4220 09 Feb 2026, 18:33

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 4:37.512 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
46.923
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 37.431
When I eject the boot medium 0.168
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.580
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 6.765
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.117
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.268 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.314
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.525 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.603
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 7.430
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.574
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.789
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.254 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.292
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.566 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.990
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 7.381
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.166
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.766
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.077 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.477
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.413
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 7.813
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.304
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.283 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.385
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.099
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.553 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1534 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000