Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6517 21 Jul 2026, 17:30

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 5:9.746 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
40.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.618
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.295
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 6.637
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.324
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 32.128
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.098 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.372
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.531 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.741
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 6.844
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.232
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.544
And I read the content of the test FS 0.098
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.148 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.252
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.745
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1462 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.588
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.786
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.439
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.059
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.059
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.983 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.463
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:18.049
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 7.824
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 30.828
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.919 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.311
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.720
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.593 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000