Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6055 13 Jan 2026, 11:42

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 4:51.208 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
1:14.789
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:5.435
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.567
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 6.720
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.307
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.989
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.038 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.208
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.798
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.505 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.374
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 6.912
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.248
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.043
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.089 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.012
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.493 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.421
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 6.733
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.025
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.780
And I read the content of the test FS 0.039
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.907 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.837
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.568 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.056
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 8.129
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.465
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.797
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.087 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.340
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.297
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000