Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4245 22 Feb 2026, 12:19

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 6:43.464 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
1:38.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:27.782
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.446
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.386
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.494
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.788 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.245
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.903 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.620
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.833
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.136
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.921 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.616
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.933 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:8.510
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.453
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.407
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.675
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.375
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.987 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.308
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.032
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.210 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:15.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.590
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.045
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.028 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.412
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.545
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.912 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1532 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000