Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6724 06 Oct 2026, 07:36

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 4:51.502 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
45.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.903
When I eject the boot medium 0.172
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.307
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.694
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.525 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.925
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.739 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1422 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.352
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 6.622
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.313
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.563
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.560
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 2.982 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.178
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.304
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.785 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1422 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:2.832
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 18.468
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.549
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.745
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.176 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.488
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.727 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1420 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.180
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 8.050
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.270
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.393
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.480 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.281
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.227
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.789 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1420 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000