Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6106 30 Jan 2026, 08:18

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 6:11.448 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
1:4.847
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 58.376
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.188
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 8.196
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.495
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.943 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.228
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.086
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.857 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.557
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 8.895
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.381
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.331
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.289
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 16.021 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.441
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.918 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:10.274
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 8.245
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.705
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.301
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.781 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.759
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.828 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:16.580
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 11.390
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.147
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.817 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.374
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.884
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.781 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000