Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6147 14 Feb 2026, 11:45

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 4:14.525 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
44.097
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 39.378
When I eject the boot medium 0.174
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.400
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 6.868
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.983
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.448 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.879
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.609 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.003
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 7.672
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.453
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.838
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.615
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 2.015 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.563
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.597 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.129
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 7.258
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 24.847
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.763
And I read the content of the test FS 0.082
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.889 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.061
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.611 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.894
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 7.924
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.352
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.168
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.159 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.507
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.640
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.492 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1529 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000