Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4263 03 Mar 2026, 12:02

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 5:21.077 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.
47.184
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 35.965
When I eject the boot medium 0.158
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
40.315
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 6.590
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.431
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.324
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.245

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.975
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.502

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
37.293
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 7.136
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.165
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.020
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.009

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.321
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 18.709
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:1.726
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 6.573
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.906
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.709
And I read the content of the test FS 0.041
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.783

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.697
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.469

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:14.558
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 8.051
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.366
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.404
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.021

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.359
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 21.985
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.593

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000