Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6284 09 Apr 2026, 14:22

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 5:24.810 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
1:17.767
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:6.271
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.452
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.433
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.544
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.697 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.278
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.260
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.572 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.799
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.380
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.397
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.632
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.422
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.156 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.283
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.681
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.791 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
53.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.061
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.503
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.130
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.804
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 1.912 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.687
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.829 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:9.760
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.590
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 13.115
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.559 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.567
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.093
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.681 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1504 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000