Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4243 20 Feb 2026, 12:20

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 5:48.098 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
1:2.272
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 54.577
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.261
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 8.050
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 9.327
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.307 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.176
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.804 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1512 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.325
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 7.895
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.674
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.252
And I read the content of the test FS 0.069
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 19.517 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.242
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.479
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.835 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:10.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.542
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.433
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.438
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 6.722
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.481 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.260
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.176
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.960 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:16.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.695
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.269
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 15.249 
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 7.878
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.913 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000