Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5997 10 Dec 2025, 11:48

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 6:56.624 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
1:37.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:30.801
When I eject the boot medium 0.269
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.580
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.487
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.400
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.696
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 17.471 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.411
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.216
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.895 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.333
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 11.286
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.523
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.627
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.741
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 17.513 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.916
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.398 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:14.223
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 8.820
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.471
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.571
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.354
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.555 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.265
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.406
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.715 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:24.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.694
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.467
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.389
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.610 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.458
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.666
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.152 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000