Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4275 12 Mar 2026, 16:11

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 4:56.840 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.
50.082
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 38.726
When I eject the boot medium 0.229
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
34.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.729
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.085
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.417

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.747
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.578

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
33.816
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 7.222
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.837
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.129
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.396

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.059
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.572

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
52.678
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.244
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.768
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.904
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.119

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.370
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.598

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:6.015
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 7.761
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.562
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.203

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.343
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.466
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.674

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1513 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000