Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4366 29 Apr 2026, 12:48

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 4:56.748 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
49.071
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 38.166
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.864
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.437
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.201
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.167 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.307
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.965
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.541 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.667
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 7.036
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.841
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.622
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.609 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.331
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.270
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.546 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
57.327
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.417
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.624
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.038
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.423 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.288
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.437
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.623 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.196
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 8.622
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 13.048
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.244 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.379
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.263
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.809 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000