Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4244 21 Feb 2026, 12:02

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 6:6.286 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
1:10.667
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 59.802
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.665
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 8.457
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.381
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.176
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.051 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.426
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.948 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.362
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 9.483
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.679
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.029
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.604 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.289
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.950
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.874 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:3.544
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 8.720
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.717
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.320
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.102 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.660
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.316 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:21.046
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.334
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.945
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.576 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.511
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.154
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.876 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1546 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000