Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6295 14 Apr 2026, 12:56

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 4:53.626 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
45.867
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 38.215
When I eject the boot medium 0.233
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.044
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.473
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.387
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.448 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.226
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.572 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.952
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.607
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.366
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 2.674 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.400
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.615
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.579 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
54.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.295
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.450
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.699
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.015
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.040 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.400
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.783
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.612 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:7.346
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 8.766
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.517
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.906
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.300 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.371
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.398
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.602 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000