Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6212 17 Mar 2026, 13:01

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 4:46.006 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
46.352
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 38.968
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.247
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 8.224
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 13.844
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.679 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.294
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.243
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.593 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.090
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.505
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.719
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.558
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.962 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.371
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.135
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.741 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.055
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 6.985
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.667
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.855
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.882 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.476
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.544 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.896
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.405
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.178
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.443 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.363
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.899
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.796 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1521 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000