Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 6 06 Aug 2026, 22:57

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 4:40.241 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.
43.514
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 34.512
When I eject the boot medium 0.124
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
38.870
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 17.966
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.277
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.977
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.995

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.763
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.696

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.553
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 6.213
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.309
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.134
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.503
And I read the content of the test FS 0.038
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.992

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.167
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.311
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.880

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
43.412
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 6.203
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.768
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.946
And I read the content of the test FS 0.040
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.695

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.169
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.588
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.679

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:11.891
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 20.989
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.309
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.761
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.815

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.290
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.445
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.727

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000