Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6204 15 Mar 2026, 11:13

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 4:31.362 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.
42.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.038
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.265
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 6.997
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.465
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.654
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.369

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 4.879
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.689

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
26.501
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 7.959
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.453
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.751
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.687
And I read the content of the test FS 0.070
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.076

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.274
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.517
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.709

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
47.331
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 7.005
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.510
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.841
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.080

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.539
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.643

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:5.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.970
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.866
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.383

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.338
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.885
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.824

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000