Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 3 25 Aug 2026, 13:56

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 4:31.959 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
41.004
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 36.445
When I eject the boot medium 0.187
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.998
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.311
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.598
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.114 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.959
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.423
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 6.641
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.249
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.481
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.263 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.423
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.745 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.968
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 6.289
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.118
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.772
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.780 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.184
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.517
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.906 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.640
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 8.301
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.144
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.874 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.308
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.508
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.736 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1518 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000