Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4231 14 Feb 2026, 12:05

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 4:50.369 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
48.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.101
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.384
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 7.444
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.040
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.253 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.366
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.463
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.925
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 7.099
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.438
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.368
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.816
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 2.156 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.271
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.175
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.055
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 6.752
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.463
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.424
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.745
And I read the content of the test FS 0.081
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.960 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.839
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.549 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.847
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 7.878
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.347
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.084 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.346
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.779
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000