Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6127 08 Feb 2026, 12:55

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 10:7.684 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
2:18.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.078
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 2:1.769
When I eject the boot medium 0.758
Then Tails eventually shuts down 15.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:1.521
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 9.395
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.392
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.209
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1:0.851 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.138
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 26.289 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 11.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:54.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:3.721
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.570
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.338
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 26.141 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.313
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.218
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.934 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:24.815
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 10.550
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.407
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 38.657
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.422
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 22.666 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.256
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.714
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.083 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:28.306
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 11.266
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.422
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 15.434
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 19.396 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.419
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.625
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.060 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1545 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000