Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6160 23 Feb 2026, 12:00

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 4:58.636 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
48.510
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 38.197
When I eject the boot medium 0.271
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
35.842
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 6.822
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.408
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.126
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.667 
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 11.002
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.553 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.482
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 6.846
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.484
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.621
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.480
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 2.193 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.999
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.563 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.878
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 6.801
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.303
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.852
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.894 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.262
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.703
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.612 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.291
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.434
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.465
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.017 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.326
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.970
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.567 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000