Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6469 23 Jun 2026, 11:29

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 5:9.553 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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44.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.944
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.585
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 33.684
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.057 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.370
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.499 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.013
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.378
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.150
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.227
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.002 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.714
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.523 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.745
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.513
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.984
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.857 
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 8.833
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.526 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:18.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.093
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.377
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.016 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.368
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.617
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1506 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000