Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6215 18 Mar 2026, 11:03

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 5:7.491 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
1:11.287
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 1:6.930
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.833
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 6.757
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.486
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.433 
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 9.854
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.705 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.489
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 7.054
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.178
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.829
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.327 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.907
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.536 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.134
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 6.956
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.517
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.802
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.920 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.264
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.757
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.508 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.746
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 8.252
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.030
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.050 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.348
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.012
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.586 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1529 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000