Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6143 11 Feb 2026, 21:03

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 4:31.155 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
45.149
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 40.541
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.196
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.449
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.638 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.294
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.090
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.610 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.081
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.946
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.576
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.804
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.811
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.305 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.581
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.714 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.835
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.657
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.233
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.863
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.296 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.281
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.443
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.582 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1511 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.787
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.399
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.367
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.390 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.673
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.956
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.944 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000