Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4278 13 Mar 2026, 11:21

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 4:50.965 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
48.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.656
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.945
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 7.080
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.484
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.869
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.475 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.251
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.266
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.611
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 7.807
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.680
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.918
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.298 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.476
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.728 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
57.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.614
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.542
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.413
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.811
And I read the content of the test FS 0.091
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.098 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.830
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.628 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.606
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 7.803
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.628
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.068 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.366
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.775
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.591 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1521 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000