Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6355 06 May 2026, 11:17

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 4:43.980 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
44.570
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 34.978
When I eject the boot medium 0.177
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.220
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 6.466
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.301
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.070 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.241
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.566 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.792
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 6.945
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.272
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.550
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.119 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.663
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.631 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.862
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 6.585
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.311
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.049
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.927 
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 8.856
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.526 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.710
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.475
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.889
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.085 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.413
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.456
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.608 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1510 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000