Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6178 28 Feb 2026, 11:33

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 4:30.048 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
45.279
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 35.827
When I eject the boot medium 0.190
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.630
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 6.490
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.307
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.082 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.617
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.599 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.292
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 6.889
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.339
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.136
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.494
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.170 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.187
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.528
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.420
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 6.719
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.392
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.731
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.776 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.640
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.490 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.426
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 7.734
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.365
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.273
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.937 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.299
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.366
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1529 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000