Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4252 24 Feb 2026, 23:36

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 5:42.068 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
59.620
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 57.701
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
Then Tails eventually shuts down 1.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.416
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 8.226
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.649
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 18.520 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.602
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.785 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.788
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.949
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.296
And I read the content of the test FS 0.168
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.650 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.294
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.340
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.765 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
59.994
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.497
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.411
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.151
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.594
And I read the content of the test FS 0.074
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.784 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.156
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.076 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:19.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.836
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.667
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 17.289 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.429
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.944
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.768 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000