Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_security-issues 2 24 Aug 2026, 14:05

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 4:24.397 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
40.519
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 36.270
When I eject the boot medium 0.181
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.847
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 7.111
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.466
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.437
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.519 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.252
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.734 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1456 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.975
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 6.506
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.274
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.336
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.755
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.437 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.274
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.498
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.846 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.880
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 7.158
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.369
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.417
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.024
And I read the content of the test FS 0.030
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.087 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.824
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.762 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.032
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.302
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.035
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.717 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.296
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.802
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.755 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000