Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4562 20 Aug 2026, 11:20

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 4:41.812 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.
40.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.998
When I eject the boot medium 0.214
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
32.112
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 6.375
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.374
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.467
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.924

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.197
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.987
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.785

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
27.981
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 6.461
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.294
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.187
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.734
And I read the content of the test FS 0.122
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.210

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.272
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.948
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.750

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
51.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.358
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.971
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.932
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.917

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.576
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.771

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:10.400
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 21.168
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.313
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.070
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.073

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.346
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.009
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.705

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000