Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6257 02 Apr 2026, 11:08

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 4:30.446 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
43.075
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 37.060
When I eject the boot medium 0.177
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.189
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 6.867
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.180
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.276 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.707
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.573 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.133
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 7.297
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.351
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.066
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.098 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.060
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.554 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.624
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 6.686
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.533
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.851
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.744
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.865 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.072
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.586 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.422
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 7.768
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.301
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.496
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.046 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.377
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.095
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000