Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6123 05 Feb 2026, 15:22

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 6:28.999 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
1:8.518
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 1:1.862
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.880
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 8.743
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.506
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.736
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.757 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.902
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.979 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.227
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 11.105
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.732
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.516
And I read the content of the test FS 0.085
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 17.051 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.943
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.105 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:15.618
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 8.493
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.397
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.161
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.486
And I read the content of the test FS 0.070
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.862 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.257
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.778
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.110 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:17.754
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 11.745
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.538
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.848
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.170 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.411
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.108
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.233 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1519 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:28.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000