Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6156 19 Feb 2026, 12:02

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 4:56.879 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
50.162
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 38.642
When I eject the boot medium 0.184
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
36.811
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 7.167
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 13.864
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.567 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.964
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.590 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.734
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 7.978
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.392
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.493
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.384 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.131
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.714 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.125
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 7.160
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.388
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.427
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.872
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.092 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.257
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.335
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.524 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.045
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 8.546
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.325
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.933
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.299 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.367
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.977
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.546 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1519 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000