Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 19 19 Aug 2026, 22:59

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 4:27.959 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.
41.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 32.606
When I eject the boot medium 0.115
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
31.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.240
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.939
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.862

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.187
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.567
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.687

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
26.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.338
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.301
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.056
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.251
And I read the content of the test FS 0.036
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.952

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.963
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.718

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1467 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
49.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.276
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.267
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.662
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.859
And I read the content of the test FS 0.037
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.758

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.173
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.237
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:58.591
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 7.855
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.539
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.825

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.293
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.454
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.692

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000