Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4235 17 Feb 2026, 12:00

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 4:38.135 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
46.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.526
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.974
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 6.737
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.002
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.285 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.701
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.685 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.059
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.348
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.455
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.940
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.364 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.281
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.095
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.607 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.728
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.417
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.243
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.777
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.830 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.126
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.518 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.102
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.075
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.017 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.411
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.797
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.532 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000