Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4668 09 Oct 2026, 11:24

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 4:35.610 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.
44.008
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 34.747
When I eject the boot medium 0.131
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
32.516
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 6.224
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.322
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.012

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.635
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.781

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1403 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.938
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 6.662
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.298
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.165
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.530
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.165

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.072
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.747

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
49.150
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.398
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.052
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.986
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.939

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 8.448
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.786

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:1.996
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 7.955
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.688
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.639

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.280
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.091
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.811

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1458 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000