Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6359 08 May 2026, 11:20

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 4:50.967 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
39.232
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 35.010
When I eject the boot medium 0.171
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.893
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 6.728
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.491
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.087 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.246
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.762 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.832
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 6.924
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.248
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.381
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.372 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.819
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.487 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.252
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 6.756
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.378
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.086
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.053
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 1.802 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.310
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.589 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.757
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 7.636
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.457
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.040
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.889 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.289
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.416
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000