Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4208 04 Feb 2026, 08:15

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 4:52.457 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.
48.860
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 37.461
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
40.038
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 7.058
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.755
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.340

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 15.752
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.550

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
31.356
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 6.899
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.370
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.234
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.171
And I read the content of the test FS 0.070
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.340

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.461
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.555

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
49.640
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 7.171
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.609
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.824
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.782

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.242
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.044
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.570

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:2.560
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 8.147
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.740
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.995

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.353
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.622
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.528

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000