Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6124 06 Feb 2026, 07:05

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 4:10.821 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
41.328
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 36.948
When I eject the boot medium 0.163
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.499
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 0.309
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.783
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.167 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.894
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.510 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.663
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 6.805
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.205
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.473
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.000 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.991
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.504 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.466
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 6.826
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.979
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.769
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.817 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.191
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.915
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.529 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:56.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.832
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.303
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.395
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.899 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.306
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.112
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.491 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000