Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 20 23 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 4:23.763 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.
39.294
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 35.210
When I eject the boot medium 0.123
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
30.797
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 6.221
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.310
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.201
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.910

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.191
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.280
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.680

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.562
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 6.325
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.384
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.361
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.427
And I read the content of the test FS 0.041
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.270

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.835
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.722

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
47.485
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 6.395
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.321
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.300
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.883
And I read the content of the test FS 0.035
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.643

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.009
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.688

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:58.622
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 8.062
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.478
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.648

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.369
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.693
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.699

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000