Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4184 22 Jan 2026, 18:01

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 6:14.156 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
1:3.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 56.279
When I eject the boot medium 0.252
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.857
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 10.209
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.366
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.288
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.281 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.262
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.033
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.415 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1510 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.840
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 9.116
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.428
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.548
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.817
And I read the content of the test FS 0.079
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.983 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.483
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.095
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.288 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:11.380
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 8.641
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.805
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 5.174
And I read the content of the test FS 0.290
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.527 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.340
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.938 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:22.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.886
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.434
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 13.305
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 18.147 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.430
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.225
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.155 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000