Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6315 21 Apr 2026, 13:17

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 4:51.478 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.
1:16.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:6.818
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.407
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 7.198
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.477
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.142
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.539

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.104
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.622

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.425
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 7.362
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.492
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.474
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.000
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.205

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.333
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.921
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.580

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
41.046
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.216
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 23.955
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.049
And I read the content of the test FS 0.105
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.250

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.298
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.160
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.579

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:59.621
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 7.882
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.517
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.489
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.902

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.355
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.210
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.710

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000