Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6141 11 Feb 2026, 19:31

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 4:38.485 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
42.787
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 37.937
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.167
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 6.776
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.957
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.208 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.023
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.585 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.419
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 7.209
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.475
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.108
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.524 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.766
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.657 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.038
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 7.289
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.576
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.515
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.009
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.253 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.254
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.583
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.491 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.073
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.873
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.370
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.976
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.164 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.361
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.135
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.615 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1538 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000