Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 1 01 Oct 2026, 17:35

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 4:26.845 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
45.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.001
When I eject the boot medium 0.138
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.653
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 6.545
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.466
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.945 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.290
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.853 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1424 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.174
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 6.752
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.356
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.581
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.977
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 3.080 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.228
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.378
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.747 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1405 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.390
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 6.762
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.531
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.894
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.761 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.943
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.850 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1399 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.522
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 8.767
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.306
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.398
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.005 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.373
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.794
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.812 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1438 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000