Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 1 04 Aug 2026, 17:31

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 4:29.985 Passed
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.
37.586
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 33.328
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
31.953
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 6.227
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.281
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.837
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.894

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 8.811
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.712

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.708
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 6.675
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.115
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.421
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 3.129

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.191
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.036
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.751

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
48.195
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 6.280
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.307
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.493
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.888
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.709

Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.182
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.531
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.751

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:4.541
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 8.052
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 11.591
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.877

Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.325
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.407
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.830

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000