Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6111 31 Jan 2026, 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 5:6.098 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
52.014
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 38.578
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
Then Tails eventually shuts down 13.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.427
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.593
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.317 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.328
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.605
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.568 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.533
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 7.488
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.595
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.404
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 4.061
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.262 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.945
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.491 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.684
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 6.921
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.712
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.835
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.893 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.271
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.052
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:6.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.678
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.311
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.961 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.388
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.007
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.589 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000