Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6054 13 Jan 2026, 08:34

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 5:37.229 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
1:1.908
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 53.866
When I eject the boot medium 0.310
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.218
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 8.011
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.300
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 14.576 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.776
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.007 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.511
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 7.794
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.820
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.143
And I read the content of the test FS 0.072
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.334 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.617
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.008 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:2.374
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 7.850
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.386
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.680
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.333
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.732 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.283
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.843 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:17.216
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 10.188
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.437
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.012
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 15.723 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.348
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.019
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.422 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000