Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4253 25 Feb 2026, 11:38

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 4:38.156 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
44.747
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 37.476
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.978
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 13.619
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.331 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.506
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.547 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.164
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.592
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.424
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.844
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.044 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.574
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.668
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.572
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.610
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.845
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.910 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.190
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.892
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.609 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.046
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 7.804
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.691
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.989 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.362
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.502
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.525 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1537 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000