Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6113 02 Feb 2026, 12:46

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 6:42.217 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
1:12.500
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 1:1.264
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.688
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 10.619
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.447
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.607
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.765 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.293
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.079
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.874 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.958
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.365
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.468
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.397
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.393
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 16.587 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.246
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.356
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.076 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:15.930
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 8.933
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.522
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.735
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.411
And I read the content of the test FS 0.099
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 23.709 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.211
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.086 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:37.138
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 10.687
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.743
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.908
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 30.209 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.501
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.605
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.893 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1541 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000