Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6208 16 Mar 2026, 15:33

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 4:34.767 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
44.598
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 38.386
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.859
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 7.528
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.297
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.411 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.292
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.443
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.552 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.053
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 7.868
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.381
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.494
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.781
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.373 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.316
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.161
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.614 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.037
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 7.321
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.392
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.890
And I read the content of the test FS 0.077
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.977 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.250
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.235
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.558 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.922
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.609
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.436 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.490
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.577
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.712 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000