Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6394 21 May 2026, 07:31

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 4:48.171 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
44.342
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 34.736
When I eject the boot medium 0.179
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.243
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 6.714
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.321
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.756
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.167 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.495
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.576 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.324
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 6.802
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.321
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.562
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.359 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.024
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.601 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.218
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 7.014
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.927
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.110
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.962 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.990
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.520 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.042
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 7.192
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.432
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.149 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.419
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.119
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.567 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1526 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000