Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4237 17 Feb 2026, 14:28

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 5:14.272 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
1:17.554
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 1:7.997
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.960
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.237
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.495
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.936
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.645 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.297
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.706
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.641 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.718
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 8.073
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.468
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.038
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.762
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.691 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.249
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.787
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.590 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.946
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 7.658
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.614
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.717
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.934 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.632
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.685 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.091
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.462
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.760
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.330 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.337
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.515
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.687 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000