Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6220 21 Mar 2026, 11:05

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 4:32.432 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
40.812
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 36.538
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.501
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 7.009
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.376
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.135
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.314 
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 9.834
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.301
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 7.711
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.399
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.407
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.216
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.136 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.546
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 3.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.251
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 6.899
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.008
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.824
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.952 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.343
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.550 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.156
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.565
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.131 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.344
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.413
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000