Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4335 11 Apr 2026, 11:29

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 4:49.953 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.
46.217
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 37.540
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
32.092
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 6.959
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.463
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.933
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.239

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.718
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.532

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
30.318
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 7.267
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.408
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.495
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.930
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.130

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.247
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.243
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.543

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
50.805
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 6.798
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.640
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.353
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.805
And I read the content of the test FS 0.074
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.078

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.287
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.105
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.662

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:10.520
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.042
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.418
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.609
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.146

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.416
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.742
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000