Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6065 14 Jan 2026, 16:05

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 4:28.943 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.
39.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.847
When I eject the boot medium 0.169
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
32.304
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 6.861
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.984
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.068

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.288
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.012
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 7.218
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.266
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.602
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.030

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.211
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.556
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.645

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
46.876
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 7.299
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.312
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.258
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.767
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.913

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 8.560
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.477

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:1.766
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.376
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.451
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.907
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.854

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.301
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.748
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1513 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000