Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6130 09 Feb 2026, 18:56

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 5:32.008 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
55.185
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 53.269
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
Then Tails eventually shuts down 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.141
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 7.763
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.351
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.370
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.084 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.147
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.211 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.060
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 8.264
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.344
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 9.290
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.180
And I read the content of the test FS 0.720
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 20.023 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.285
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.729 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:4.930
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 7.933
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.488
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.783
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.904
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.145 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.177
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.662
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.772 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.689
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 9.492
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.162
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.756 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.428
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.070
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.841 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1546 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:28.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000