Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6485 01 Jul 2026, 11:38

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 4:54.194 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
42.092
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 32.733
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.865
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 6.549
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 33.210
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.036 
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 4.908
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.579 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.729
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 6.582
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.009
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.373
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.179 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.446
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.532 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.642
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 6.464
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.494
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.508
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.859
And I read the content of the test FS 0.084
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.857 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.632
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.509 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1449 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:18.864
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 8.132
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 26.828
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.001 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.312
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.171
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000