Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6367 11 May 2026, 12:08

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 4:29.280 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
38.467
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 34.057
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.073
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 6.427
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.305
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.059 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.207
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1528 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.278
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 7.005
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.391
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.573
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.993 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.190
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1530 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.730
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 6.739
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.612
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.174
And I read the content of the test FS 0.075
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.903 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.262
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.114
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.499 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1524 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.730
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 7.948
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.624
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.264 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.290
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.797
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.583 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000