Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6285 10 Apr 2026, 11:21

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 4:55.739 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
1:14.935
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 1:5.455
When I eject the boot medium 0.207
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.769
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 6.798
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 12.270
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.237 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.169
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.617 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.948
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 6.833
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.340
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.373
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.277
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 2.061 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.255
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.205
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.935
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 6.894
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.451
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.337
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.873
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.898 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.610
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.594 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.150
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 8.133
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.325
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.655
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.138 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.425
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.237
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000