Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6373 13 May 2026, 11:22

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 4:41.328 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
37.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 33.671
When I eject the boot medium 0.190
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.207
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 6.454
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.331
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.931 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.421
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.324
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.247
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.443
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.908 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.776
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.766
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 6.422
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.310
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.200
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.026
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.826 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.023
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.674 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 4.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:6.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.575
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 15.689
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.980 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.354
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.239
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.557 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1538 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000