Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4338 13 Apr 2026, 17:42

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 4:10.277 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
38.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.265
When I eject the boot medium 0.166
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.534
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.407
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.845
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.046 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.208
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.484 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.466
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.397
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.311
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.071
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.935 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.359
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.502 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.407
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.921
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.954
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.856 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.254
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.620
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.541 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.532
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 7.804
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.427
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.375
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.882 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.277
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.447
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.487 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000