Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6287 11 Apr 2026, 11:27

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 4:18.549 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.
40.062
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 35.647
When I eject the boot medium 0.167
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
26.627
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 6.535
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.421
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.166

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.291
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.614

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.718
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.166
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.490
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.042
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.013
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.064

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.134
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
44.955
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 6.860
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.460
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.749
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.939
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.927

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.228
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.231
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.510

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:4.185
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 8.338
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.369
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.764
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.092

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.575
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.576

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000