Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6030 01 Jan 2026, 11:54

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 6:17.675 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
1:9.095
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 57.328
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.435
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 8.376
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 10.183
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.154 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.296
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.898
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 11.117 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.071
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 8.461
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.711
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.372
And I read the content of the test FS 0.125
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.623 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.272
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.280
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.864 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:9.207
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 8.924
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.399
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.794
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.475
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.542 
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 6.893
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.889 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:21.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.538
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.706
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.376 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.421
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.894
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.918 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000