Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6596 19 Aug 2026, 13:30

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 4:23.337 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
44.778
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 35.619
When I eject the boot medium 0.157
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.263
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 6.284
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.510
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.842
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.887 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.807
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.733 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.841
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 6.322
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.134
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.631
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 3.345 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.024
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.702 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.514
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 6.191
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.697
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.986
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.655 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.192
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.546
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.776 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.940
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 8.299
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.426
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.950
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.715 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.295
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.645
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.750 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000