Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6164 24 Feb 2026, 11:55

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 5:36.529 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
1:5.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 56.951
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.184
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.426
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.730
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.441 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.265
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.139
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.693 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.615
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 8.074
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.816
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.257
And I read the content of the test FS 0.069
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.245 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.251
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.620
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.934 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:0.447
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 7.812
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.100
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.266
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.426 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.271
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.934 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:12.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.036
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 8.815
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.224 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.395
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 2.812
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.805 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:33.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000