Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4428 03 Jun 2026, 11:28

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 4:46.812 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
43.469
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 33.928
When I eject the boot medium 0.192
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.950
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 6.551
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.515
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.091 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.664
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.603 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.443
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 6.606
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.313
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.749
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.094 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.306
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.719 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.630
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 6.719
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
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 1.202
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.933 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.289
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.941
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.319
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 7.443
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.503
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.020 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.398
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1524 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000