Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6172 25 Feb 2026, 17:36

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 5:20.096 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
51.730
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 37.582
When I eject the boot medium 0.165
Then Tails eventually shuts down 13.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.643
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.723
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.991
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.973
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.133 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.242
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.034
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.543 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
39.940
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 6.743
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.360
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.052
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.206
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.148 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 20.618
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.516 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:4.225
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.755
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.859
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 35.645
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.894
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.884 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 17.426
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.498 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.557
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 7.698
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.069
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.037 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.361
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.793
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.505 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000