Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6214 18 Mar 2026, 07:13

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 5:6.634 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.
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49.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.612
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
Then Tails eventually shuts down 12.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608
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 14.124
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.133 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.483
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.516 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.991
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.499
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.269
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.877
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.098 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.285
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.137
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.502 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
55.879
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.924
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.762
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.413
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.795
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.915 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.272
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.187
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.374
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 7.507
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.367
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.422
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.991 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.403
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.235
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000