Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6417 02 Jun 2026, 11:31

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 4:33.894 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
42.838
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 33.489
When I eject the boot medium 0.191
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.494
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 6.588
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.332
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.930
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.097 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.841
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.479 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1541 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.690
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 6.686
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.056
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.459
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 1.920 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.475
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.474 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1542 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.842
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 6.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.344
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.649
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.153
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.831 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.494
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.503 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.027
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 7.742
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.332
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.642
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.133 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.309
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.464
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.513 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000