Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6336 29 Apr 2026, 15:42

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 5:2.544 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
49.222
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 36.633
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 12.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
37.076
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 7.196
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 12.127
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.120 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.467
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.496 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.292
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 7.108
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.448
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.340
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
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 0.257
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.090
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.531 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
58.321
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 7.034
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.026
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.791
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.871 
Pattern coverage: 106.137% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.335
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.582 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1499 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.949
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.724
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.019 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.633
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.623 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000