Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 1 22 Jul 2026, 18:36

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 5:21.722 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.
45.419
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 35.857
When I eject the boot medium 0.233
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
54.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.968
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.374
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 34.305
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.423

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.279
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.338
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.531

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.217
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.466
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.610
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.140

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 10.085
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.607

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
51.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.759
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.206
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.954
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.959

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.096
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.630

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:22.017
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 7.908
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 30.137
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.202

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.314
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.993
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.622

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1516 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000