Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6278 08 Apr 2026, 18:17

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 5:34.795 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
1:31.549
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 1:19.668
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.064
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 7.038
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 13.712
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.173 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.027
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.550 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.686
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 7.245
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.405
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.233
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.532
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.219 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.277
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.117
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.593 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.867
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 7.129
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 38.512
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.401
And I read the content of the test FS 0.084
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.370 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.265
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.146
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.551 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.627
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 8.512
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.625
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.333 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.671
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.332
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1535 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000