Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6116 03 Feb 2026, 19:31

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 6:4.312 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
1:2.582
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 56.115
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.235
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 8.059
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.408
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.755
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.743 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.277
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.130
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.860 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.261
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 8.549
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.373
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.565
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.444
And I read the content of the test FS 0.081
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.849 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.240
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.303
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.852 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1506 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:6.497
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 8.120
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.966
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.321
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.633 
Pattern coverage: 106.136% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.264
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.889
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.875 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:15.735
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 11.283
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.140
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 12.952 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.401
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.052
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.850 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000