Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4246 23 Feb 2026, 12:10

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 4:46.605 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
47.114
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 39.249
When I eject the boot medium 0.181
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.999
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 7.121
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.444
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.487 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.683
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.625 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.323
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 7.644
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.587
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.592
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.983
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.153 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.275
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.111
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.927 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.321
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 7.166
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.647
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.772
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.786
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.940 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.998
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.729 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.847
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 7.954
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.394
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.411
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.112 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.391
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.561
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000