Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6112 01 Feb 2026, 11:36

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 4:50.668 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
50.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.779
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 12.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
35.730
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 6.798
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.312
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.206
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.325 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.138
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.736 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.237
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 6.952
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.367
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.269
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.094
And I read the content of the test FS 0.086
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.382 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.290
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.324
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.468 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.769
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 6.956
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.394
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.070
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.217
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.875 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.274
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.362
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.573 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.463
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 8.135
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.324
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.327
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.036 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.355
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.302
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000