Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6740 12 Oct 2026, 16:06

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 4:38.497 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
49.288
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 39.623
When I eject the boot medium 0.216
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
31.301
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 6.637
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
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 5.817 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.497
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.237 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.085
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.996
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.407
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.675
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 5.904 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.304
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.862 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.367
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 6.869
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.092
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.805
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.883 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.249
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.203
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.876 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1405 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.997
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.088
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.463 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.412
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.294
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.820 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1417 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000