Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4346 15 Apr 2026, 11:05

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 4:17.346 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.
44.763
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 35.316
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
26.115
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 6.381
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.376
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.259
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.916

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.463
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.519

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.286
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 6.895
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.431
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.035
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.165
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.987

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.203
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.002
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
46.684
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 6.604
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.416
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.915
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.822
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.827

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.276
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.495

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:57.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.753
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.075
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.877

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.399
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.601
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.572

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1546 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000