Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6140 11 Feb 2026, 12:04

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 4:17.910 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
46.028
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 36.538
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.746
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 6.832
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.393
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.722
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.177 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.848
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.575 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.164
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 6.953
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.317
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.588
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.166 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.057
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.513 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.530
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 6.788
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.971
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.700
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 1.927 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.946
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.516 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.399
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.101
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.290 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.360
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.535
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.509 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1531 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000