Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6270 07 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 5:33.219 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
55.633
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 37.243
When I eject the boot medium 0.170
Then Tails eventually shuts down 18.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.982
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 6.721
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.431
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.709
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.145 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.260
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.209
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.709
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 7.358
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.238
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.221
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.035 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.247
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 24.624
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.508 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:9.523
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 6.819
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.439
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.935
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.910
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.811 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.352
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 21.708
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.491 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.371
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 8.050
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.377
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.964
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.023 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.355
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.970
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.529 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000