Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6354 05 May 2026, 16:10

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 4:52.584 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
44.653
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.032
When I eject the boot medium 0.183
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.490
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.012
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.421
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.057
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.183 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.267
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.827
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.719 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.116
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.417
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.416
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.828
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.333 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.927
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.543 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.721
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.418
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.508
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.089
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.837 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.897
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.293
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.284
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.393
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.079
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.011 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.318
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.111
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.646 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1536 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000