Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6175 26 Feb 2026, 17:09

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 5:56.547 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
1:8.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 57.006
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.299
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.620
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.729 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.254
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.436
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.926 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.909
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 8.515
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.545
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.401
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 16.451 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.267
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.345
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.892 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:2.248
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 8.424
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.480
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.274
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.296
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.636 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.289
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.913
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.869 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:15.656
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 11.050
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.296
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.790 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.395
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.061
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.893 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000