Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4378 05 May 2026, 16:27

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 4:25.017 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
38.678
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 34.429
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.775
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 6.428
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.241
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.034 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.959
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.478
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 6.623
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.308
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.214
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.494
And I read the content of the test FS 0.081
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.002 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.004
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.541 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.232
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.702
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" 27.659
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.119
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.811 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.779
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.852
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 7.781
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.321
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.383
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.030 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.325
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.590
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.606 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1524 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000