Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6630 02 Sep 2026, 18:30

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 4:36.433 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
45.561
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 35.818
When I eject the boot medium 0.331
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.204
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 6.341
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.342
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.838
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.161 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.283
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.018 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.613
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 6.740
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.367
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.376
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.888
And I read the content of the test FS 0.082
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.487 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.413
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.435
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.821 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.232
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 6.768
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.402
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.778
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.153
And I read the content of the test FS 0.036
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.848 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.132
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.887 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.821
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 8.577
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.155
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.867 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.350
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.010
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.868 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000