Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4329 08 Apr 2026, 14:51

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Emergency shutdown 29 1 6 0 0 36 4 1 5 5:23.740 Failed
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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
45.071
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 36.473
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.581
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 6.737
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.111
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.136 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.292
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.377
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:9.401
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 42.864
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.384
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.394
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.145
And I read the content of the test FS 0.095
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.118 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.321
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.595
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.481 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.888
Scenario Tails erases memory on DVD boot medium removal: LUKS-encrypted ext4
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.937
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.433
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 41.517
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:820:in `deal_with_polkit_prompt'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:1527:in `/^I plug and mount a (\d+) MiB USB drive with an? (.*)$/'
features/emergency_shutdown.feature:39:in `And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf"'
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.000
And I read the content of the test FS 0.000
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I eject the boot medium 0.000
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.483 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails erases memory on DVD boot medium removal: LUKS-encrypted ext4' (at time 01:19:19)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:19_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:19_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:19_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:19_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.068
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.430
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.797
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.031 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.555
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.574
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.539 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1526 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000