Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4373 04 May 2026, 10:59

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 4:56.083 Passed
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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
40.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.629
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.659
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 27.152
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.186 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.461
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.851 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.514
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 7.009
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.377
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.188
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.423
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.666 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.262
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.997
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.795
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.734
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.186
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.900 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.436
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.567 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.329
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.566
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.544
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 20.741
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.204 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.350
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.723
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.539 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000