Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6267 06 Apr 2026, 14:02

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 4:35.146 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
43.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 33.819
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.608
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 6.624
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.359
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.987 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.540
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.518 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.084
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 6.927
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.369
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.017
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.858
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.066 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.032
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.654
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 6.518
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.356
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.071
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.844
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.943 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.122
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.857
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.382
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.963 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.335
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.039
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000