Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4454 17 Jun 2026, 07:51

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 4:37.753 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.
38.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.597
When I eject the boot medium 0.184
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
39.300
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 6.723
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.308
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.134
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 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.362
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.629
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.926
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.100
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.333
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.074

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.242
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.067
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 3.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
48.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.718
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.041
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.083
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 1.936

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.604
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.661

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:3.268
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.595
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.988
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.006

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.323
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.046
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.576

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1533 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000