Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6719 03 Oct 2026, 11:24

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 4:29.218 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
43.491
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 34.329
When I eject the boot medium 0.128
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.037
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 6.150
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.261
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.742
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.021 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.854
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.817 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1419 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.660
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 6.711
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.254
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.174
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.417
And I read the content of the test FS 0.041
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.113 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.008
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.733 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1418 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.870
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 6.323
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.253
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.044
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.964
And I read the content of the test FS 0.042
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.703 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.572
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.747 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.158
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 7.823
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.292
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.872
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.747 
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 4.450
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.723 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1423 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000