Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6177 27 Feb 2026, 11:57

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 6:1.363 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
1:11.116
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 1:0.080
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.085
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 8.232
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.160
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.367 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.759
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.902 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.411
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 11.763
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.459
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.608
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.274
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.238 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.277
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.883
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.840 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:1.615
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.342
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.449
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.625
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.429
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.001 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.263
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.592
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.846 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:14.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.013
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.548
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 12.890 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.501
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.183
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.917 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1534 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000