Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6138 10 Feb 2026, 22:09

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 6:24.623 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
1:10.026
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 58.624
When I eject the boot medium 0.215
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.197
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 7.742
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.915
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 17.498 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.260
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.671
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 9.705 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.062
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 8.909
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.435
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.614
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.477
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.188 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.292
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.262
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.820 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:7.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.548
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.373
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.951
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 5.733
And I read the content of the test FS 0.108
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.211 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.272
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.370
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.925 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:26.841
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.086
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.482
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.873
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.888 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.384
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.786
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.157 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1538 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000