Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4503 21 Jul 2026, 11:30

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 5:1.038 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.
39.674
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.468
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
44.553
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.465
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.347
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.121

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.229
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.452
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.665
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.024
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.002
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.615
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.096

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.783
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.486

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
48.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.733
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.753
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.815
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.787

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.182
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.961
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.581

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1467 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:20.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.756
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.360
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 28.861
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.100

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.317
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.932
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.616

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000