Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4233 16 Feb 2026, 11:49

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 4:33.923 Passed
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
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
42.423
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 38.085
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.448
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 6.725
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.339
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.498
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.383 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.375
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.621
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.504 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.515
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 7.208
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.461
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.773
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.043 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.735
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.632 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.114
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 6.848
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.335
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.068
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.786
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 1.928 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.336
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.554 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.420
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 8.402
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.399
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.371
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.376 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.284
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.120
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.532 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1518 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000