Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6262 04 Apr 2026, 11:07

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 5:17.143 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
1:17.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:7.815
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.723
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 6.950
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.517
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.423
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.693 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.276
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.289
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.573 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1535 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.259
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 7.656
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.426
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.355
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.986
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.100 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.794
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.668 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1544 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
51.853
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 7.122
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.402
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.299
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.919
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.995 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.075
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.747 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1526 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.760
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.221
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.367 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.352
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.588
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.633 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000