Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6168 25 Feb 2026, 11:37

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 4:25.051 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.
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46.077
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 36.407
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.314
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 6.864
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.559
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.251 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.406
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.613 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.989
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.403
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.691
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.276 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.260
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.139
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 6.838
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.112
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.715
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.976 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.352
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.718
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.811
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.517
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.210 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.299
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.727
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.507 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000