Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4556 18 Aug 2026, 11:13

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 4:24.720 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.
44.878
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 35.638
When I eject the boot medium 0.183
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.584
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 6.576
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.370
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.458
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.991

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.179
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.208
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.798

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.373
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 6.426
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.238
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.385
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.355

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.354
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.465
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.780

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
44.533
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 6.334
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.277
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.858
And I read the content of the test FS 0.039
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.791

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.804
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.811

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:3.350
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 8.347
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.072
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.834

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.349
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.136
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.719

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1459 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000