Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4368 30 Apr 2026, 11:07

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 4:25.252 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.
46.177
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 36.524
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.743
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 6.938
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.382
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.247
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.174

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.410
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.022
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.566

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.101
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 6.899
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.506
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.673
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.211
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.136

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.818
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.559

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
45.165
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 6.797
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.842
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.725
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.912

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.267
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.550
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.592

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1530 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:3.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.905
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.171
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.202

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.447
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.944
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.589

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1523 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000