Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6305 16 Apr 2026, 11:25

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 4:37.442 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.
41.543
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 37.249
When I eject the boot medium 0.173
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
32.530
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 6.941
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.479
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.247
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.408

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.339
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.541
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.573

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.155
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 6.899
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.490
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.347
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.065
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.233

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.225
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.626

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
50.137
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 6.748
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.437
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.389
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.923
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 1.852

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.852
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.661

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:5.075
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 8.822
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.752
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.294

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.317
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.818
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1518 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000