Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4511 24 Jul 2026, 11:23

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 5:4.847 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.
38.926
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.300
When I eject the boot medium 0.262
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
46.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.657
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 27.263
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.164

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.174
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.297
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.865
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
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 2.642
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.946

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.185
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.951
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.551

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
51.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.035
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.932
And I read the content of the test FS 0.068
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.935

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.166
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.781
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:19.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.485
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.300
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.936
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.036

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.397
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.250
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.559

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000