Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6118 04 Feb 2026, 11:27

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 4:28.267 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
39.913
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 35.646
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.622
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 6.586
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.431
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.142
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.096 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.634
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.524 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.370
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 7.182
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.352
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.320
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.805
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.211 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.693
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.528 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.209
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 6.632
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.861
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.773
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.858 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.959
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.511 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.152
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 7.981
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.351
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.893
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.025 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.331
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.569
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.557 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1526 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000