Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4269 09 Mar 2026, 13:55

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 4:13.526 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.
39.613
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 35.233
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.190
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 6.742
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.335
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.098

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.893
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.519

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.370
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 6.916
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.375
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.441
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.233

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.188
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.076
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.723

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
43.883
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 6.744
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.950
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.809
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.954

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.192
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.553

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:58.469
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 7.916
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.386
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.967

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.307
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.949
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.574

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000