Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 9 09 Aug 2026, 16:35

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 4:32.168 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.
42.901
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 33.822
When I eject the boot medium 0.120
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
31.507
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 6.290
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.231
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.002

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.186
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.783
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.690

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.694
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 6.681
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.287
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.196
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.594
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.015

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.012
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.639

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1448 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
47.293
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 6.288
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.929
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.806
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.664

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.200
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.283
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.744

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:2.770
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 7.912
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.274
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.616
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.939

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.301
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.600
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.727

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000