Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6268 06 Apr 2026, 17:56

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 5:4.934 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
53.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.784
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 15.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.592
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 6.904
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.516
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.068
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.203 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.019
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.656 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.393
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.855
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.487
And I read the content of the test FS 0.070
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.291 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.040
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.618 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.390
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 6.892
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.336
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.675
And I read the content of the test FS 0.076
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.792 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.286
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.424
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.395
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 7.990
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.465
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.078 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.383
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.078
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.555 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1512 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000