Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4257 27 Feb 2026, 09:06

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 6:9.166 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
1:10.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 59.504
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.757
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 8.564
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.408
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.054
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.705 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.563
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.137 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.784
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 8.769
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.377
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.637
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.226
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 17.807 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.267
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.819
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.816 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:6.049
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 8.720
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.422
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.630
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.645
And I read the content of the test FS 0.262
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.449 
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 5.641
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.969 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:18.141
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.318
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.473
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.781
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.579 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.461
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.257
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.989 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000