Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4394 13 May 2026, 11:07

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 4:44.590 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
43.553
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.072
When I eject the boot medium 0.183
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.150
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 19.938
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.013 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.391
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.507 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.747
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.121
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.510
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.974 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.853
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.558 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.141
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.154
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 1.917 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.030
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.448
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.745
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.126
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.961 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.941
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.525 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1534 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000