Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6381 16 May 2026, 11:22

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 4:35.867 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
43.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.159
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.474
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.463
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.108 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.946
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.503 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.576
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.310
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.023
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.503
And I read the content of the test FS 0.094
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.177 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.421
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.500
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.868
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.022
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.803 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.091
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.483 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.935
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.899
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.002 
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 5.425
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000