Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4483 06 Jul 2026, 11:29

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 4:59.977 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
40.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.732
When I eject the boot medium 0.167
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.676
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.216
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.232 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.311
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.961
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.923
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.362
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.459
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.340
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.458
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.991 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.419
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.592 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.123
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.873
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.899
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 1.954 
Pattern coverage: 106.137% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.811
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.558 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:19.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.355
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.439
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.118 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.392
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.550
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.633 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000