Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_issue-template-stop-tracking-oldstable 2 01 Oct 2026, 17:38

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 4:46.821 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
43.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.454
When I eject the boot medium 0.181
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 30.941
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.360
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.963
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.276 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.314
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.143
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.794 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1404 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.937
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.426
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.216
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.249 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.989
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.802 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1408 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.579
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.763
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.838
And I read the content of the test FS 0.085
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.845 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.409
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.792 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1413 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:1.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.155
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.022
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.930 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.520
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.165
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.811 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1415 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000