Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4408 21 May 2026, 11:24

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 4:55.400 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.
42.117
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 36.328
When I eject the boot medium 0.189
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
43.959
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 6.614
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.032
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.188

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.259
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.923
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.581

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1519 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
29.077
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 7.188
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.420
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.463
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.596
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.132

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.420
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.560

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1528 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
50.756
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 6.977
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.459
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.325
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.264
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.927

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.215
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.993
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.530

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1523 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 4.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:9.489
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.854
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.941
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.159

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.376
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.468
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.598

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1529 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000