Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4617 14 Sep 2026, 18:42

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 4:25.760 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.
39.105
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 34.936
When I eject the boot medium 0.142
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
30.826
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 6.653
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.348
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.237
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 5.070

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.140
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.177

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
24.681
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 6.478
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.558
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.720
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.565
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 4.195

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.207
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.990
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.910

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1396 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
48.075
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 6.482
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.381
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.085
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.102
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.796

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.054
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.881

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:3.071
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 8.244
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.302
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.162
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.686

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.301
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.657
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.882

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000