Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6115 03 Feb 2026, 12:14

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 5:21.919 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
53.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 40.399
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
Then Tails eventually shuts down 12.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.920
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.113
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.436 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.301
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.784
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.908 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.153
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 7.253
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.291
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.468
And I read the content of the test FS 0.074
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.400 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.547
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.541 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:3.816
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.714
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.411
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 41.678
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.849
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.950 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.314
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.290
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:16.743
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 20.690
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.342
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.247
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.048 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.375
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.068
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.493 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1535 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000