Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6114 03 Feb 2026, 08:09

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 5:4.257 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
50.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.363
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
Then Tails eventually shuts down 12.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
36.144
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 6.467
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.402
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.039 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.041
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.568 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.884
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.510
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.162
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.054
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.027 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.182
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.551 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
55.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.034
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.871
And I read the content of the test FS 0.082
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.757 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.088
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.509 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.574
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.292
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.865 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.338
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.511
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.549 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000