Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 8 08 Aug 2026, 23:00

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 4:32.741 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.
43.220
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 34.176
When I eject the boot medium 0.140
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
32.435
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 6.318
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.288
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.199
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.265

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.447
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.709

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.142
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 6.331
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.289
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.227
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.616
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.995

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.706
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.718

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
47.542
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 6.291
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.286
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.941
And I read the content of the test FS 0.036
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.712

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.964
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.730

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1462 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:2.400
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 8.151
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.332
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.861
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.764

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 9.242
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.685

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1497 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000