Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6371 12 May 2026, 13:27

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 4:51.457 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
47.898
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.185
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.081
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.817
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.456
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.411
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.456 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.074
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.631 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.329
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.656
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.455
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.619
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.343 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.899
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.667 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.375
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.118
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.312
And I read the content of the test FS 0.087
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.211 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.705
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.598 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:13.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.086
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.477
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.900
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.326 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.358
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.677
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.700 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000