Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6145 13 Feb 2026, 08:11

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 6:11.637 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
1:5.331
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 58.736
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.705
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 8.093
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.461
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.779
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.768 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.397
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.958 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.797
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.449
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.418
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 17.325 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.409
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.980 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:7.944
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.323
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.261
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.457
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.240 
Pattern coverage: 106.136% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.261
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.176
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.786 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:16.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.031
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.009
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.759 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.425
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.331
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.837 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000