Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4242 19 Feb 2026, 12:05

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 4:51.590 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
46.498
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 40.316
When I eject the boot medium 0.170
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.321
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.374
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.714
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.604 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.333
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.462
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.615 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.591
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 7.393
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.535
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 7.110
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.180
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.589 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.555
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.566
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.587 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.212
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 7.394
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" 32.010
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.934
And I read the content of the test FS 0.107
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.166 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.250
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.429
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.522 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.859
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 9.146
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.554
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.446 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.396
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.241
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.528 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1520 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000