Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6255 01 Apr 2026, 17:48

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 4:32.877 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
48.311
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 37.485
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.614
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 6.759
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.384
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.613
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.056 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.228
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.051
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.097
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 7.496
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.511
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.328
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.133
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.536 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.397
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.966
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.660 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.957
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 7.137
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.349
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.949
And I read the content of the test FS 0.069
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.926 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.390
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.896
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.114
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.872
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.336 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.396
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.241
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.622 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000