Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4527 02 Aug 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 5:8.830 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
43.890
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 34.391
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.189
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 6.501
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.293
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 33.093
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.998 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.256
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.489
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.557 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.542
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 7.044
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.289
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.127
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.549
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.051 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.726
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1455 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.883
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 6.813
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.513
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.841
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.855 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.190
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.790
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.499 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:17.324
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 7.276
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.643
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.857 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.320
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.627
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1517 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000