Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6254 01 Apr 2026, 11:22

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 4:33.901 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
48.014
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 38.297
When I eject the boot medium 0.242
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.732
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 7.315
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.924
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.599 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.356
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.498
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.667 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.673
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 6.966
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.699
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.515
And I read the content of the test FS 0.095
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.243 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.242
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.986
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.614
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 7.379
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.315
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.846
And I read the content of the test FS 0.089
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.139 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.412
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.730 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.866
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 8.295
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 11.971
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.247 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.366
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.745
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.653 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1523 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000