Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6150 17 Feb 2026, 12:45

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 8:41.440 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
1:40.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:34.574
When I eject the boot medium 0.261
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.699
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 9.241
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.637
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.498
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 19.820 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.264
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.083
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.153 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:20.827
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 12.747
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.438
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 7.298
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.513
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 18.454 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.105
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 30.968 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 24.721
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.529
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 41.669
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 4.435
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 42.538 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.536
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.523 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:40.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.063
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.452
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.909
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 31.225 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.471
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.506
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 6.453 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000