Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6636 03 Sep 2026, 18:31

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 4:48.920 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
40.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.350
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.314
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.989
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.033 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.720
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.131 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.702
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.330
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.761
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 5.358 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.150
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.037 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.799
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 7.019
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.339
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.790
And I read the content of the test FS 0.028
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.034 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.334
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.716 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:12.521
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 21.805
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.143
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.944 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.386
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.774
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.779 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000