Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4273 12 Mar 2026, 11:08

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 4:37.068 Passed
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
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
46.808
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 37.132
When I eject the boot medium 0.159
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.905
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 7.111
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.857
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.373 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.410
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.522 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.235
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 7.927
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.390
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.580
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.246 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.862
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.582 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.688
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 6.945
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.247
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.807
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.896 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.419
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.754 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.868
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.742
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.110 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.335
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.728
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.519 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000