Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4281 15 Mar 2026, 11:14

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 4:49.137 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.
48.416
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.233
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
35.138
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 7.013
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.762
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.665

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 10.099
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.895

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.508
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 7.438
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.579
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.920
And I read the content of the test FS 0.108
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.497

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.851
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
52.222
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 7.066
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.568
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.806
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.875
And I read the content of the test FS 0.085
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.995

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 10.020
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.582

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:3.851
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 8.425
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.388
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.817
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.126

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.335
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.361
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.660

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000