Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4239 18 Feb 2026, 09:22

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 5:8.455 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
52.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.649
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 14.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.842
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 6.660
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.547
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.049 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.335
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.585 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.563
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 7.480
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.365
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.189
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.962
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.974 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.264
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.749
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.529 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
57.162
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 6.651
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.134
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.827
And I read the content of the test FS 0.041
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.768 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.674
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.495 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.933
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 7.809
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.080
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.935 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.316
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.269
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.530 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1542 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000