Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_late-patch-improvements 1 12 Nov 2026, 20:21

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 4:38.392 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.
44.812
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 35.589
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
32.673
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 6.208
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.285
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.878
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.020

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.183
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.245
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.851

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.594
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 6.412
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.356
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.406
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.770
And I read the content of the test FS 0.028
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.104

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.542
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.762

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
53.070
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 6.532
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.285
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.749
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.963
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 2.902

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.599
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.748

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1412 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:59.241
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 8.947
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.301
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.938

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.311
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.998
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.783

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000