Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6032 02 Jan 2026, 13:18

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 4:13.954 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.
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40.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.046
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.300
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.008
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.994 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.698
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.488 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.455
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 6.895
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.309
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.212
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.991
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.985 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.325
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.480 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.816
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 6.815
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.286
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.864
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.784 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.011
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.493 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:1.575
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.641
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.186
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.918 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.345
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.906
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000