Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4403 19 May 2026, 14:37

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 5:0.204 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.
48.382
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 38.032
When I eject the boot medium 0.228
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
44.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.950
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.553
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.068
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.996

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.684
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.586

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
29.351
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 7.110
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.480
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.599
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.565
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.064

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.594
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.661

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
52.680
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.778
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.477
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.053
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.191
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.100

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.240
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.076
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.694

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:5.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.273
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.064
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.007

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.362
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.391
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.606

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000