Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6399 22 May 2026, 12:15

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 4:43.235 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
47.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.998
When I eject the boot medium 0.602
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.138
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 6.665
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.351
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.340
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.224 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.708
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.604 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.080
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 7.391
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.454
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.686
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.777
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.146 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.319
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.519
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.707 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.961
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 7.274
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.367
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.669
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.310
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.296 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.271
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.044
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.648 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.760
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 8.081
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.451
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.528
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.369 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.452
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.232
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1516 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000