Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6736 12 Oct 2026, 11:34

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 4:49.928 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
45.051
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 35.661
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.334
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 6.286
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.444
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.056 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.316
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.862
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.925 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1413 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
40.685
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 18.474
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.419
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.678
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.076 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.546
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.852 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.144
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 6.481
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.361
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.818
And I read the content of the test FS 0.032
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.929 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.616
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.352 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1414 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.413
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.301
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.968
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.067 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.355
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.869
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.810 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1442 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000