Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4404 19 May 2026, 18:45

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 4:51.223 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
46.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.656
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.814
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 6.611
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.392
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.939
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.221 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.874
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.518
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 6.969
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.393
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.549
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.071 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.323
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.283
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 6.574
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.866
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.194
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.958 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.272
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.432
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.563 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.247
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.161
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.113 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.319
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.711
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.616 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000