Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6374 14 May 2026, 11:21

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 4:29.548 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.
40.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.805
When I eject the boot medium 0.183
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
40.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.635
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.383
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.073
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.153

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.255
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.043
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.570

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
23.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.672
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.155
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.623
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 2.002

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.690
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.587

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
43.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.599
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.310
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.944
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.275
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 1.938

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.285
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:2.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.928
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.325
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.437
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.118

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.342
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.551
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.598

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1546 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000