Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6348 04 May 2026, 11:21

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 4:40.144 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
45.271
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 35.698
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
35.647
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 6.789
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.328
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.978 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.240
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.362
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.630 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.500
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 6.875
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.130
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.543
And I read the content of the test FS 0.141
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.490 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.038
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.683 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.038
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 6.566
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.979
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.153
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.838 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.316
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1530 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.686
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 8.258
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.365
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.381
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.101 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.388
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.306
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.656 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000