Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6196 12 Mar 2026, 11:21

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 4:58.098 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.
48.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.712
When I eject the boot medium 0.270
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
37.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.370
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.549
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.843
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.006

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.266
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.545
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.691

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
30.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.627
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.514
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.622
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.146
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.332

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.247
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.679
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.704

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
54.955
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 7.002
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.425
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.529
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.875
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.026

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.296
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.112
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.619

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
2:6.062
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.208
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.579
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.898
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.436

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.360
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.522
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.628

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000