Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6398 22 May 2026, 11:40

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 4:37.134 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.
41.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.994
When I eject the boot medium 0.181
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
38.327
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 6.969
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.397
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.938
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.032

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.203
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.572

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
24.454
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 7.337
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.216
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.474
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.533

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 5.681
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.522

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
47.839
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 6.641
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.108
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.117
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.901

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.829
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.580

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:4.785
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.393
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.316
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.218

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.413
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.730
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.601

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000