Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6043 08 Jan 2026, 11:32

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 4:9.704 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.
39.269
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.123
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
25.892
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 6.525
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 11.993
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.078

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.250
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.524

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.338
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.025
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.871
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.062

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.047
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.500

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
41.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.856
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.309
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.664
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.855
And I read the content of the test FS 0.097
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.850

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.246
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.830
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.637

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:0.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.137
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.279
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.860

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.296
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.788
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000