Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6717 01 Oct 2026, 17:45

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 4:28.806 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
38.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.585
When I eject the boot medium 0.165
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.381
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.415
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.302
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.543
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.276 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.915
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.703 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1390 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.802
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.296
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.723
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.386 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.179
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.120
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.770 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1393 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.877
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.849
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.405
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.187
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.995
And I read the content of the test FS 0.036
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.886 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.187
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.411
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.917 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1393 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.391
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.970
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.806 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.296
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.847
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.820 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1451 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000