Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6588 18 Aug 2026, 11:37

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 4:34.244 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
42.988
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 33.600
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.388
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 6.449
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.284
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.985
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.068 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.598
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.776 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.801
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 6.426
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.300
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.657
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.115 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.965
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.771 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.113
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 6.186
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.283
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.966
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.155
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.759 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.578
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.895 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.953
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 8.052
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.289
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.926
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.961 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.355
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.664
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.848 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000