Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6325 23 Apr 2026, 11:33

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 4:33.105 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
43.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.402
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.719
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.599
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.255 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.398
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.528 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1450 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.763
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.365
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.196
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.016
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.020 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.064
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.690
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.593
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.556
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.811
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.932 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.883
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.495 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.603
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 7.766
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.854
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.912 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.320
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.386
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1542 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000