Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4353 21 Apr 2026, 07:40

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 4:13.077 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.
40.561
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 36.194
When I eject the boot medium 0.182
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
26.995
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 6.499
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.337
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.347

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.642
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.021
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 7.195
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.394
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.256
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.979
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.180

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.186
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
42.914
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 6.780
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.320
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.858
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 1.883

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.787
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.617

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:59.584
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 8.248
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.371
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.960

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.314
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.845
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.637

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000