Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4238 17 Feb 2026, 15:06

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 4:43.947 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
47.040
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 37.359
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.319
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 6.874
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.451
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.833
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.620 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.290
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.554
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.695 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.187
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.436
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.357
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.802
And I read the content of the test FS 0.098
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.175 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.353
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.590 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.954
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 7.604
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.451
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.908
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.907
And I read the content of the test FS 0.075
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.177 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.068
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.536 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.088
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.573
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.550
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.076 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.369
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.903
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.647 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1553 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000