Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6264 05 Apr 2026, 07:10

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 4:24.571 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.
41.826
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 37.570
When I eject the boot medium 0.267
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.869
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 6.896
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.573
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.336
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.318

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.948
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.558

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.106
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 7.413
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.481
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.475
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.326
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.205

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.260
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.290
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.597

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
46.920
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 6.622
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.541
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.697
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.842
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.880

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.317
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.730

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:3.848
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 8.310
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.722
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.405

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.337
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.672
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.647

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000