Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6176 27 Feb 2026, 07:59

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 5:6.331 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
51.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.644
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
Then Tails eventually shuts down 14.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.976
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 6.513
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.541
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.186
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.122 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.894
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.513 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1459 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.131
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 7.184
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.490
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.386
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.696
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.949 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.606
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
58.905
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 6.873
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.703
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.669
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.822 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.754
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.487 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.582
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.260
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.381
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.850 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.353
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.698
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.583 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000