Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4412 23 May 2026, 11:02

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 4:45.841 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.
44.169
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 34.670
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
39.249
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 6.427
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.312
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.304
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.010

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.303
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.261
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.629

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
27.933
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.940
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.319
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.571
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.028

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.858
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.610

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
49.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.735
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.415
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.193
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.852

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.700
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.476

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:5.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.230
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.890

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.364
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.521
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000