Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4274 12 Mar 2026, 15:22

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 5:9.232 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
1:15.244
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 1:7.885
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.428
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 7.197
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.749
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.600 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.665
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.615 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.009
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.478
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.895
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.672
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 2.514 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.375
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.790
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.675 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.372
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 6.959
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.324
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.881
And I read the content of the test FS 0.087
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.174 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.280
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.735
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 3.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.710
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 8.335
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.382
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.666
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.320 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.391
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.106
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.614 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1517 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000