Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6513 20 Jul 2026, 17:34

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 4:59.085 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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45.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.945
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.045
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 6.724
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 29.871
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.993 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.275
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.232
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.561 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.165
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 6.507
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.344
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.810
And I read the content of the test FS 0.083
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.285 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.976
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.524 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.290
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.030
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.493
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.506
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.995
And I read the content of the test FS 0.072
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.986 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.516
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.493 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:12.877
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 7.426
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 26.215
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.151 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.363
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.682
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.571 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000