Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4375 05 May 2026, 11:00

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 4:22.226 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.
38.536
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.324
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
35.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.340
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.230
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.965

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.675
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.519

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.205
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.565
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.009

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.910
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
43.030
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 6.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.751
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.048
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.826

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.648
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.544

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:2.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.025
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.418
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 15.733
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.938

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.295
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.431
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.600

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000