Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4234 16 Feb 2026, 13:48

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 4:23.067 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
47.432
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 37.727
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.517
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.550
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.780 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.266
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.314
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.652 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.744
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.061
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.555
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.768
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.053
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.267 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.160
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.586 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.343
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 7.076
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.490
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 25.576
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.938
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.073 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.235
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.684 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.037
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 8.555
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.587
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.190 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.377
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.812
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000