Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4251 24 Feb 2026, 21:16

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 4:18.054 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.
40.655
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 36.362
When I eject the boot medium 0.154
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.495
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 6.981
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.306
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.678
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.032

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.716
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.567

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.449
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 7.500
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.111
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.514
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.278

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.925
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
43.235
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 7.110
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.311
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.540
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.744
And I read the content of the test FS 0.039
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.925

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.845
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.495

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:2.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.833
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.493
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.049

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.339
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.837
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000