Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6386 19 May 2026, 14:04

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 4:55.987 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.
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46.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.457
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.410
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.929
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.076
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.147 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.304
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.915
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.666 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1512 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.418
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.761
And I read the content of the test FS 0.077
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.157 
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 9.988
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.529 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.807
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.389
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 25.442
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.164
And I read the content of the test FS 0.072
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.066 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.260
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.324
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.558 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:10.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.089
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.515
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 21.809
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.709 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.400
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.137
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.561 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1459 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000