Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4539 10 Aug 2026, 12:50

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 4:39.854 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.
45.256
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 35.843
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
33.432
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 6.394
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.822
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.957

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.393
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.638
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.909

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.731
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 6.574
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.422
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.466
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.870
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.333

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.993
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.804

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
51.854
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 6.829
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.468
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.152
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.949

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.251
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.012
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.756

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:59.579
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 8.894
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.291
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.042
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.367

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.305
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.946
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.870

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000