Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 3 02 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 4:33.813 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
44.071
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 35.030
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.735
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 6.131
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.299
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.976
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.895 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.184
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.479
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.769 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1411 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.658
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 0.309
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.424
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.603
And I read the content of the test FS 0.039
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.059 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.768
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.789 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1416 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.946
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 6.293
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.287
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.415
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.867
And I read the content of the test FS 0.036
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.746 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.352
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.728 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1400 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.400
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 8.127
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.412
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.657 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.299
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.287
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.813 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1442 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000