Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4301 29 Mar 2026, 08:06

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 4:29.725 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.
40.206
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 35.865
When I eject the boot medium 0.167
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
30.993
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 6.628
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.127
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.038

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.145
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.504

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.037
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.017
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.239
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.964
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 2.082

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.186
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.746
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.497

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
47.437
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 6.573
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.342
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.242
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.846
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.906

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.713
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:3.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.198
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.392
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.278

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.046
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.541

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1517 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000