Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6035 05 Jan 2026, 12:24

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 6:4.958 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
1:7.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 56.862
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.963
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 8.222
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.392
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 10.217
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.040 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.240
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.896
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.954 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.350
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 9.564
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.616
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.389
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.733 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.286
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.365
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.983 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:7.771
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 8.273
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.382
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.426
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.445
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.977 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.061
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.866 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:20.034
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 10.115
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.416
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.095
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.793 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.368
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.750
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.939 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000