Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6289 12 Apr 2026, 11:33

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 4:39.957 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.
46.888
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 37.068
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
33.077
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 6.880
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.305
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.911
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.535

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.252
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.621
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.569

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.815
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 7.290
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.420
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.226
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.159
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.333

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.327
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.479
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.517

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
52.153
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 7.021
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.397
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.357
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.903
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.144

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.402
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.637

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:59.023
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 7.954
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.339
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.920
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.989

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.333
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.571
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.643

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1532 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000