Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4363 28 Apr 2026, 11:26

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 4:58.044 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
48.778
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 37.572
When I eject the boot medium 0.191
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.701
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 6.685
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.348
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.697
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.083 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.208
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.116
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.560 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1467 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.951
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 7.205
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.428
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.398
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.484
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.159 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.486
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.840
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 6.929
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.303
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.753
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.901
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.808 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.355
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:9.773
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 7.941
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.539
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.165 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.464
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.650
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.669 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000