Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6679 17 Sep 2026, 14:24

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 4:34.706 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
40.909
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.762
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.380
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.416
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.444
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.237 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.246
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.868 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1405 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.271
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.778
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.535
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.260 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.192
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.589
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.915 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1408 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.504
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.930
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.095
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.087 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.678
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.791 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1411 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.562
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.401
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.887 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.300
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.325
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.905 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1441 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000