Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4660 06 Oct 2026, 11:19

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 4:42.822 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.
42.763
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 33.482
When I eject the boot medium 0.118
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
32.660
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 6.422
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.354
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.216

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 8.890
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.232

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.104
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 6.726
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.632
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.513
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 3.587

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.264
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.779

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1406 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
54.892
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 6.349
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.351
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.239
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.944
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.464

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.483
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.794

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1406 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:3.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.423
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.541
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.797

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.290
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.732
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.789

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1404 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000