Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4228 11 Feb 2026, 20:46

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 4:29.695 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
45.196
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 40.331
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.306
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 13.723
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.807 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.514
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.122
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.434
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.629
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.786
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.555 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.109
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.721 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.131
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 7.170
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 25.772
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.041
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.264 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.271
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.468
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.651 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.865
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.501
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.761
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.333 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.354
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.103
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.659 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000