Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 5 11 May 2026, 19:14

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 4:42.921 Passed
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
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
42.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.771
When I eject the boot medium 0.233
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.473
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.822
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.482
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.465
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.219 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.626
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.608 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.243
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.436
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.527
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.664
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.104 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.020
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.551 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.805
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 23.353
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.307
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.091 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.257
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.805
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.672 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:13.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.544
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.474
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 20.742
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.343 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.350
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.491
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.757 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1512 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000