Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4225 10 Feb 2026, 16:25

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 4:52.557 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
49.885
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 38.669
When I eject the boot medium 0.216
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
35.436
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 6.924
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.769
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.721 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.380
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.679
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.225
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 7.525
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.775
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.155
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.184 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.224
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.645 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
55.190
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 6.797
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.529
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.018
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.775
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.969 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.279
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.519 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.818
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 7.821
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.456
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.077 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.360
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.399
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.633 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1530 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000