Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6309 20 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 4:28.911 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.
40.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.199
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
32.497
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 6.744
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.467
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.983
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.126

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.347
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.592

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.377
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 7.021
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.373
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.012
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.964

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.252
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.793
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
49.850
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 6.567
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.788
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.859
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.109

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.301
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.518

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:58.623
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 7.707
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.355
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.629
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.167

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.335
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.348
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.558

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1533 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000