Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4529 04 Aug 2026, 11:37

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 4:59.097 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
46.040
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 36.571
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.006
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 6.748
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.539
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 32.346
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.325 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.255
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.216
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.575 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.775
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 6.895
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.300
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.769
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.705
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.109 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.145
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.522 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.203
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 6.986
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.976
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.040
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.127 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.888
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.530 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:13.071
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 7.676
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.010
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.117 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.450
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.538
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1513 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000