Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4544 12 Aug 2026, 11:22

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 4:39.982 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.
59.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 49.602
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.981
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 7.021
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.201
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.866

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.189
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.398
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.919

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.805
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 6.552
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.658
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.740
And I read the content of the test FS 0.086
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.956

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.175
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.493
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.766

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
43.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.281
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.376
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.747
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.984
And I read the content of the test FS 0.077
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.840

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.115
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.887

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
2:3.642
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 8.816
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.934
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.862

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.313
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.666
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.777

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000