Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4229 12 Feb 2026, 11:56

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 4:35.224 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
59.026
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 49.208
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.135
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 6.624
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.792
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.310 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.388
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.055
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.555 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.473
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 6.924
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.374
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.667
And I read the content of the test FS 0.075
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.396 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.898
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.346
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 6.754
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.060
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.791
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.046 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.515
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.243
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 8.051
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.325
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.387
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.300 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.326
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.524
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1542 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000