Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4563 21 Aug 2026, 16:30

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 4:30.662 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
44.667
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.463
When I eject the boot medium 0.151
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.624
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 6.231
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.316
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.023
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.033 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.974
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.859 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.328
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 6.555
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.324
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.072
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.476
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.146 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.787
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.703 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.762
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 6.457
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.290
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.195
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.783
And I read the content of the test FS 0.038
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.742 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.182
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.342
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.729 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.279
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 7.940
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.286
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.891
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.794 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.291
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.564
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.727 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1445 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000