Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6382 17 May 2026, 11:17

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 4:43.270 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
43.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.371
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.482
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.308
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.225
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.991 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.244
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.298
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.060
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.536
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 2.112 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.946
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.497 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1506 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.676
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.302
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.000
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.975
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.911 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.866
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.484 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.668
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.324
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.048 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.312
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.769
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.507 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000