Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6282 09 Apr 2026, 11:44

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 5:27.479 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
1:19.738
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 1:7.911
When I eject the boot medium 0.360
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.616
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 6.772
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.660
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.769
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.176 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.310
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.314
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.612 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1519 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.233
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 6.982
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.758
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.403
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.420 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.282
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.712 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1519 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.841
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 7.030
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.521
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.941
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.815
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.113 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.364
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.373
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.622 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1517 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.049
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 8.476
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.411
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.325
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.384 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.370
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.692
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.668 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000