Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6584 17 Aug 2026, 17:35

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 4:32.948 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
43.205
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 33.939
When I eject the boot medium 0.163
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.436
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 6.368
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.801
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.086 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.832
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.807 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1467 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.601
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 6.862
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.278
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.533
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.346 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.156
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.795 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.453
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 6.344
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.325
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.082
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.999
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.738 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.889
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.802 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:12.251
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.557
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.360
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.116
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.971 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.287
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.653
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.780 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000