Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21615-debian-security-updates-supersede-custom-packages 1 25 May 2026, 15:09

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 4:46.530 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.
45.552
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.963
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
37.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.934
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.547
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.247

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.062
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.549

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
24.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.263
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.533
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.672
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.414
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.094

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.461
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
47.188
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.872
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.327
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.139
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.107

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.255
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.517
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.546

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:11.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.159
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.648
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.379

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.334
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.531
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.600

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000