Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6369 11 May 2026, 21:20

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 4:40.278 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
44.564
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 38.044
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.209
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 6.751
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.773
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.532 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.307
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.852
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.638 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.178
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 7.149
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.374
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.002
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.574
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.350 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.270
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.791
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.603 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1522 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.947
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 7.099
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.455
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 25.068
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.105
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.967 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.255
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.332
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.598 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.853
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.382
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.749
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.918 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.328
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.412
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.616 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1531 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000