Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4223 10 Feb 2026, 08:40

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 4:58.067 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
48.768
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 38.970
When I eject the boot medium 0.164
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
36.911
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 6.634
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.536
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.707
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.083 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.260
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.329
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 6.768
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.474
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.329
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.971
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.004 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.987
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.872
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 6.688
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.483
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.103
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.826
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.801 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.262
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.096
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.564 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:6.184
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 7.750
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.724
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.025 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.348
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.648
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.635 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1434 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000