Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6731 08 Oct 2026, 16:02

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 4:31.346 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.
48.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 39.368
When I eject the boot medium 0.152
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
30.137
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.054
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.201
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.258

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.270
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.324
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.696

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1420 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
25.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.226
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.496
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.701
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.078

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.187
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.704
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.030

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1411 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
47.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.808
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.340
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.716
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.193

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.101
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.700

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1414 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:59.344
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.574
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.018
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.698

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.307
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.851
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.793

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1439 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000