Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6139 11 Feb 2026, 07:58

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 4:14.621 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
44.883
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.539
When I eject the boot medium 0.182
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.554
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 6.732
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.300
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.472
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.248 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.966
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.611 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.493
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 7.275
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.265
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.705
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.121 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.885
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.587 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.786
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.077
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.802
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.843 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.191
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.020
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.541 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.015
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 7.791
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.340
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.913
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.934 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.315
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.224
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.493 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1543 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000