Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4250 24 Feb 2026, 12:45

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 6:10.034 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
1:10.591
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 59.253
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.449
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 8.226
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.942
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.908 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.268
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.622
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.039 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.722
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.510
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.486
And I read the content of the test FS 0.094
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.030 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.220
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.065 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:1.372
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 8.330
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" 28.452
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.439
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.901 
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 5.428
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.018 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:24.797
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 11.136
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.465
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 14.231
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.428 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.430
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.698
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.982 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000