Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4355 21 Apr 2026, 13:50

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 5:26.042 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
1:13.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:7.203
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.871
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 7.166
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.426
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.190
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.568 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.263
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.661
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.593 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.820
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 7.062
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.483
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.708
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.202
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.201 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.331
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.546 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
59.495
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 7.054
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.422
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.345
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.994
And I read the content of the test FS 1.076
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.586 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.317
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.094
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.603 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.828
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 8.562
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.439
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.065
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.462 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.380
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.633
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.595 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1518 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000