Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6720 04 Oct 2026, 11:36

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 4:46.470 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
46.786
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 37.518
When I eject the boot medium 0.154
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.771
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 6.569
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.454
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.310 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.006
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.861 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.562
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 6.444
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.309
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.266
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.668
And I read the content of the test FS 0.099
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.422 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.287
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.824 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1420 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.241
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 6.699
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.392
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.470
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.046
And I read the content of the test FS 0.030
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.717 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.797
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.868 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.108
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 8.227
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.261
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.116
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.732 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.297
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.327
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.957 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000