Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6290 13 Apr 2026, 17:27

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 5:0.012 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.
52.840
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 35.989
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
Then Tails eventually shuts down 16.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
34.026
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 6.607
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.352
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.379
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.165

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 11.728
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
30.198
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 6.881
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.324
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.235
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.227
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 2.043

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.732
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.477

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
59.936
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 6.621
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.300
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.379
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.792
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.862

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.293
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.153
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.480

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
2:3.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.811
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.384
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.899
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.878

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.246
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000