Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6617 31 Aug 2026, 18:40

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 4:38.512 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
44.532
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 34.955
When I eject the boot medium 0.166
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.987
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 6.484
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.131
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.019 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.893
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.824 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.630
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 6.807
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.393
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.350
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.456
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.059 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.254
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.429
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.832 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.969
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 6.285
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.743
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.955
And I read the content of the test FS 0.042
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.811 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.766
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.771 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1459 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.160
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.366
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.791 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.294
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.577
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.844 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1455 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000