Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6125 06 Feb 2026, 11:52

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 6:37.154 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
58.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 56.346
When I eject the boot medium 0.240
Then Tails eventually shuts down 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.763
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.367
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.723
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 17.178 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.289
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.672 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.717
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.769
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.331
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.832
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.061
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.389 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.284
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.266
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.717 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:1.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.895
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.416
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 24.400
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.236
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.796 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.618
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.865 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
3:19.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.201
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18.034
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.478
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 34.188
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 38.290 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.684
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.371
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 15.428 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1533 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:27.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000