Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6149 16 Feb 2026, 11:50

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 4:49.331 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
48.468
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 38.318
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.637
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.476
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.737
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.382 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.584
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.264
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 7.081
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.431
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.370
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.029
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 2.335 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.250
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.878
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.433
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 35.635
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.168
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.915 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.732
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.469 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.491
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 7.996
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.388
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.029 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.411
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.627
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.588 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1531 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000