Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6306 17 Apr 2026, 11:41

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 5:4.349 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
48.514
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 36.500
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
38.642
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 6.669
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.466
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.917
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.182 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.351
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.527
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.776
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 6.661
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.552
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 2.202
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.149 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.766
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 15.228
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.985
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 6.746
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.417
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.827
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.828
And I read the content of the test FS 0.070
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.930 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.319
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.268
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.578 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.431
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 7.763
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.447
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.592
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.877 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.366
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.481
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.511 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000