Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6165 24 Feb 2026, 21:12

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 6:10.880 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
1:3.177
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 56.783
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.421
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 8.322
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.463
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.994
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.677 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.696
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.941 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.711
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 8.519
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.386
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.784
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.371
And I read the content of the test FS 0.076
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.308 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.930
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.085 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:8.199
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 9.114
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.675
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.694
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.997
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.321 
Pattern coverage: 106.136% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.261
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.082
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.987 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:27.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 15.463
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.156
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 15.947 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.397
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.748
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.923 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000