Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4452 16 Jun 2026, 17:49

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 4:53.174 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
47.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.041
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.045
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.846
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.331
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.743
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.241 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.793
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.551 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.968
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.661
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.573
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.091 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.181
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.505
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.036
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.392
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.253
And I read the content of the test FS 0.069
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.994 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.693
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.334
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 17.342
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.119 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.399
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.382
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.557 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000