Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 21 24 Aug 2026, 23:09

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 4:44.362 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.
43.813
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 34.806
When I eject the boot medium 0.145
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
32.071
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 6.138
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.351
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.756
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.119

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.728
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.778

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
39.506
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 18.182
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.286
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.077
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.606
And I read the content of the test FS 0.040
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.357

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 9.032
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.711

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
50.198
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 6.292
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.508
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.875
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.728

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.193
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.433
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.773

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:58.773
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 7.836
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.321
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.582
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.782

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.287
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.579
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.689

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000