Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4485 08 Jul 2026, 11:17

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 5:11.577 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
45.170
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.709
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.106
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 30.442
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.223 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.419
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.539 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.873
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.309
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.375
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.134 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.019
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.666 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.998
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.872
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.325
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.566
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.975
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.969 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.394
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:19.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.540
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.436
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 30.811
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.373 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.379
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.025
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.645 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000