Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4259 28 Feb 2026, 11:57

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 4:42.052 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
48.328
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 36.615
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.211
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 6.609
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.547
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.568
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.317 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.318
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.214
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.633 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.068
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.457
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.476
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.291
And I read the content of the test FS 0.085
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.464 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.261
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.943
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.694 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.693
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 24.567
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.901
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.085 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.864
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.673 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.310
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 7.904
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.775
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.111 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.381
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.040
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.549 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000