Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6607 26 Aug 2026, 12:42

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 4:28.832 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
46.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.394
When I eject the boot medium 0.309
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.430
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.423
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.401 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.465
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.807 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.797
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.721
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.883
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.066 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.209
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.797 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.809
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 7.148
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.450
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.672
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.014
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.118 
Pattern coverage: 106.137% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.311
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.204
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.843 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.432
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 8.365
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.504
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.534
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.833 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.742
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.530 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1459 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000