Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6167 24 Feb 2026, 22:41

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 4:46.519 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
49.844
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 38.144
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.209
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 6.710
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.288
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.570
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.357 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.432
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.632 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.444
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.529
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.402
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.741
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.149 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.468
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.735
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.506
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.719
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.757 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.778
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.308
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 8.018
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.366
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.835
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.117 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.457
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.092
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000