Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4180 20 Jan 2026, 11:42

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 5:30.628 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.
54.891
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 53.048
When I eject the boot medium 0.231
Then Tails eventually shuts down 1.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
42.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.673
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.308
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.334
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.142

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.195
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.908
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.859

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
41.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.740
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.558
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.087
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 15.814

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.907
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.788

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
59.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.622
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 25.393
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.350
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.958

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 7.350
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.724

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1491 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:12.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.397
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 8.717
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.291

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.345
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.709
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.656

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1521 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000