Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6038 05 Jan 2026, 20:49

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 6:50.901 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
1:10.327
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 1:3.516
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.474
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 8.806
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.622
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.213
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.703 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.439
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.365
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.322 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:3.340
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 10.085
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 8.021
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.981
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 22.503 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.149
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.843 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:14.501
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 9.739
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.810
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.776
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.291
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.681 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.251
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.970
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.930 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:28.256
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 15.407
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.475
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.208
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 15.414 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.426
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.799
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.030 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1520 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000