Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6158 21 Feb 2026, 11:42

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 4:25.507 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
47.808
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 38.080
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.530
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 7.215
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.340
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.176
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.216 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.247
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.806
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.526 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.046
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 7.690
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.303
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.384
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.141 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.310
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.549 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.850
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 7.120
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.511
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.721
And I read the content of the test FS 0.084
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.961 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.269
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.216
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.637 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.272
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 7.577
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.426
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.393
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.916 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.162
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.617 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1513 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000