Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6259 03 Apr 2026, 07:24

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 5:49.679 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
1:20.283
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 1:5.871
When I eject the boot medium 0.191
Then Tails eventually shuts down 14.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.622
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 6.703
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.468
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.555
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.130 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.994
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.563
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 7.101
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.448
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.213
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.228
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 2.163 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.590
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 19.281
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.478 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:11.821
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 6.765
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.482
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.975
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.855
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.782 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 24.149
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.506 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.389
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 7.887
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 11.869
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.088 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.399
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.600
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.562 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000