Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6434 08 Jun 2026, 11:30

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 4:52.806 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
45.225
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 35.718
When I eject the boot medium 0.178
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.040
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 6.655
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 19.527
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.026 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.600
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.505 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.196
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 7.205
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.438
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.309
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.484
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.037 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.903
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.552 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.493
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 7.004
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.491
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.535
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.162
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.972 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.552
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.511 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.025
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.348
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.494
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.085 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.400
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.035
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.503 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000