Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 6 10 Aug 2026, 09:09

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 4:15.690 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.
40.152
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 35.951
When I eject the boot medium 0.152
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.813
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 6.891
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.807
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.145

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.371
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.344
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.870

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1431 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.412
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 6.653
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.404
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.442
And I read the content of the test FS 0.037
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.035

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.534
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.744

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1438 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
44.896
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 6.478
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.311
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.132
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.907
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.779

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.178
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.346
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.718

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1440 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:58.414
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 8.015
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.877
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.771

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.271
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.365
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.700

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000