Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.8.1 4 03 Jun 2026, 21:22

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 4:32.196 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
41.129
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 35.418
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.788
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 6.471
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.236
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.016 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.961
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.309
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 6.797
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.134
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.532
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.048 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.666
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.235
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 6.818
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.494
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.040
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.865 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.826
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.732
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 7.925
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.073
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.951 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.310
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.442
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.532 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000