Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4553 17 Aug 2026, 17:54

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 4:22.469 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.
39.385
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 35.108
When I eject the boot medium 0.181
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.588
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 6.439
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.104
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.948

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 4.598
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.929

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.867
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 6.424
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.424
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.883
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.128

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.665
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.714

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
47.739
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 6.496
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.365
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.942
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.172
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.035

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.352
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.523
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.798

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:1.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.014
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.341
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.780

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.322
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.557
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.895

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000