Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6048 08 Jan 2026, 20:47

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 9:3.329 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
1:5.482
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 57.081
When I eject the boot medium 0.242
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.696
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 8.297
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.442
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.489
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.364 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.250
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.096
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.755 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.231
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.402
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.716
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.923
And I read the content of the test FS 0.074
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.340 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.387
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.614
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.061 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:54.257
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 18.822
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 57.667
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 22.359
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 46.862 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 21.357
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 6.492 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
3:34.140
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 10.578
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.457
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 59.411
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 33.155 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.337
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.591
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 12.650 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:27.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000