Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4447 15 Jun 2026, 11:17

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 4:50.971 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.
44.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.636
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
40.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.819
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.725
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.015

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.540
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.537

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.953
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.331
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.266
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.673
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.003

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.049
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.513

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
51.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.120
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.067
And I read the content of the test FS 0.086
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.015

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.326
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:5.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.555
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.486
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.979
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.975

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.308
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.184
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.525

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1538 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000