Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6142 11 Feb 2026, 20:05

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 4:44.082 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
43.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 39.178
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
35.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.818
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.402
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.734
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.891 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.393
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.858
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.585 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.597
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 8.316
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.521
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.463
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.906
And I read the content of the test FS 0.076
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.285 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.233
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.581 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.131
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 7.298
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.500
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.729
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.841
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.117 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.528
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.819 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.035
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 8.073
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.722
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.977
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.000 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.446
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.908
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.749 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000