Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4258 27 Feb 2026, 11:19

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 4:30.558 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
45.337
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 35.891
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.708
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 6.830
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.356
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.914
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.324 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.575
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.496 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.098
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 7.428
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.400
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.270
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.586
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.991 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.554
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.604 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.921
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 6.854
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.845
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.832
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.871 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.242
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.375
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.492
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 7.937
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.133
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.014 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.298
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.997
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.539 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000