Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4515 27 Jul 2026, 11:35

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 5:6.661 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.
40.310
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 35.493
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
45.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.711
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.333
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.519
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.171

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.617
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.568

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.551
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 7.110
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.392
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.433
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.640
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.056

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.105
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.544

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
51.131
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 7.107
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.578
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.128
And I read the content of the test FS 0.082
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.024

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.068
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.615

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:21.523
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 8.237
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.402
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 28.874
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.934

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.335
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.462
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1529 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000