Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6117 04 Feb 2026, 08:03

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 4:47.770 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
47.708
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.760
When I eject the boot medium 0.161
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.145
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 7.113
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.467
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.850
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.254 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.702
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.497 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.973
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 7.716
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.209
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.588
And I read the content of the test FS 0.039
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.019 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.241
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.563 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.323
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 7.113
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.547
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.167
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.866
And I read the content of the test FS 0.094
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.927 
Pattern coverage: 106.136% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.887
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.502 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.620
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 8.140
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.798
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.181 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.385
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.696
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.565 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1512 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000