Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6183 04 Mar 2026, 08:24

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 6:2.583 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
1:5.557
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 58.720
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
Then Tails eventually shuts down 6.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.023
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 8.589
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.796
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.725 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.290
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.117
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.079 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.670
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.514
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.839
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.360
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 19.219 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.249
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.948
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.203 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1506 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:4.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.459
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.427
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.484
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.559
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.261 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.293
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.556
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.834 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:15.993
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 12.450
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.085
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.269 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.403
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.457
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.976 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000