Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6122 05 Feb 2026, 13:39

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 4:37.406 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
41.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.244
When I eject the boot medium 0.265
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.680
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 6.722
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.438
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.866
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.268 
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 10.441
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.683 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.432
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 7.233
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.425
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.951
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.079
And I read the content of the test FS 0.095
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.437 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.911
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.076 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.408
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 7.123
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.019
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.915
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.096 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.246
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.973
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.582 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.857
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.518
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.548 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.353
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.229
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.647 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000