Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6152 17 Feb 2026, 14:10

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 4:32.946 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
49.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 39.006
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.365
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 7.336
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.532
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.284 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.702
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.912 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.739
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 8.881
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.387
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.881
And I read the content of the test FS 0.110
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.798 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.402
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.707 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.479
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 7.554
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.544
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.609
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.788
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.951 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.246
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.171
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.553 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.410
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.710
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.221 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.354
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.718
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.569 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000