Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6465 20 Jun 2026, 11:44

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 4:50.258 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.
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45.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.640
When I eject the boot medium 0.155
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.751
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.321
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.866
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.187 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.655
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.568 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.079
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.321
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.501
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.128 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.191
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.853
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.651 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.893
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.194
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.756
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.176
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.914 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.547
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.627 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.214
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.378
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.568
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.094 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.319
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.675
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.536 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000