Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4241 18 Feb 2026, 20:03

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 4:30.801 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
40.709
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 36.238
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.934
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 6.516
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.499
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.114 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.688
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.528 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.381
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 6.959
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.431
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.693
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 2.382 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.653
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.552 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.174
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 6.980
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" 29.821
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.852
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.302 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.983
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.592 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.601
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 7.755
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.014
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.987 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.304
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.268
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.592 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000