Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4382 08 May 2026, 10:55

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 4:47.821 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.
38.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.739
When I eject the boot medium 0.167
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
44.993
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 6.549
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.235
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.926

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.184
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.246
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
26.756
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 6.702
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.301
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.070
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.306
And I read the content of the test FS 0.107
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.135

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.182
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.462
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.486

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
46.686
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 6.493
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.313
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.257
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.108
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.798

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.201
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.903
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.562

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:10.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.361
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.085
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.984

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.312
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.199
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000