Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6174 26 Feb 2026, 12:13

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 6:31.995 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
1:8.856
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 1:1.747
When I eject the boot medium 0.319
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.547
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 12.418
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.345 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.256
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.287
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.990 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.741
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 9.457
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.400
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.723
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.562
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.172 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.452
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.020
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.887 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:20.137
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 8.614
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.370
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 42.683
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.279
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.778 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (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 9.980
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.100 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 14.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:18.019
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 12.316
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.134
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 14.251 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.399
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.003
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.070 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000