Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6155 18 Feb 2026, 19:51

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 4:53.572 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
48.850
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 37.754
When I eject the boot medium 0.176
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.895
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 6.979
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.513
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.326 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.286
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.869
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.625
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 7.305
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.298
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.369
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 2.253 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.228
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.111
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.585 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.885
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 6.811
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.374
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.273
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.827
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 1.896 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.384
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.696
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.562 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.797
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.734
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.137 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.350
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.688
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.612 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1531 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000