Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4249 23 Feb 2026, 23:34

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 4:22.662 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.
47.763
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.047
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.622
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 6.840
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.675
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.543

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.284
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.584

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.022
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 6.804
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.378
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.391
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.552
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.164

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.866
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.582

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
43.914
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 6.828
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.356
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.700
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.910
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.181

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.058
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.585

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:58.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 0.372
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.596
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.107

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.349
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.199
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.609

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000