Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4655 03 Oct 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 4:13.451 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.
42.933
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 33.426
When I eject the boot medium 0.215
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.397
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.298
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.994

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.696
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.749

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1400 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.257
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.298
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.162
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.496
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.124

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.868
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.714

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1405 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
42.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.138
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.291
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.910
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.014
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.692

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.559
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.734

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:58.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.143
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.289
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.322
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.793

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.427
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.634
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.798

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1426 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000