Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4179 20 Jan 2026, 08:52

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 4:19.732 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.
40.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.379
When I eject the boot medium 0.171
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.789
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.111
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.169

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.147
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.559

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.199
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.340
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.283
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.651
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.237

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.192
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.877
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.511

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
44.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.438
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.419
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.718
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.801

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.108
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.593

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1467 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:3.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.232
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.545
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.141

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.347
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.542
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.607

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000