Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4435 07 Jun 2026, 07:55

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 4:47.619 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.
41.883
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.409
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
43.223
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.160
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.332
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 27.148
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.274

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.420
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.652

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
24.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.572
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.331
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.651
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.644
And I read the content of the test FS 0.073
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.403

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.257
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.442
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.518

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
46.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.945
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.801
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.131
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.041

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.499
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.675

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:10.907
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.468
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.415
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.492
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.129

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.383
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.149
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.645

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1536 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000