Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4188 24 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 4:25.333 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.
41.712
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.412
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.935
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 7.002
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.652
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.515

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.680
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.523

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.772
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 7.006
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.305
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.686
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.662
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.457

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.254
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.810
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.531

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
47.990
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 7.448
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.571
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.700
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.366

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.192
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.605
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.707

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:2.921
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.108
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.609
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.013

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.408
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.605

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000