Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6209 16 Mar 2026, 16:45

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 4:28.645 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
46.824
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 37.216
When I eject the boot medium 0.247
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.981
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 7.526
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.455
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.497
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.519 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.169
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.575 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.023
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 7.352
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.517
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.685
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.879
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 2.322 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.403
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.569 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.502
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 7.696
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.480
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.736
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.061
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.965 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.278
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.653
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.581 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.313
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.356
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.415
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.801
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.959 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.320
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.357
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.596 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000