Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6086 22 Jan 2026, 17:19

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 6:10.429 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
1:3.883
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 58.927
When I eject the boot medium 0.181
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.769
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 8.526
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.898
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.524 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.226
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.948 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.177
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 12.825
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.405
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.425
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.402
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.559 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.344
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.913 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:5.398
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 9.007
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.076
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.360
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.508 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.727
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.016 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:15.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.899
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.373
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.003
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.677 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.440
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.879
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.956 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1535 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000