Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4392 12 May 2026, 13:23

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 4:36.684 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.
41.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.773
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
36.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.715
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.332
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.157
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.124

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.261
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.189
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.716

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1459 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
24.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.931
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.329
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.403
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.782
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.262

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.395
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.523
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.591

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
44.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.743
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.537
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.632
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.207
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.843

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 4.289
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.600

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:10.580
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.068
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.435
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.302
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.162

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.343
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.068
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.659

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000