Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6151 17 Feb 2026, 13:10

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 4:48.303 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
51.321
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 38.730
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 12.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.357
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 6.721
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.585
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.169 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.261
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.709
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.199
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 7.357
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.453
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.196
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.765
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.327 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.300
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.127
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.597 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.042
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 6.898
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.469
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.495
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.779
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.035 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.294
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.426
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.587 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:6.381
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 8.414
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.369
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.134
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.101 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.348
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.549
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000