Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3 3 11 May 2026, 18:08

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 5:13.239 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.
52.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 42.041
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
49.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.213
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.329
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 28.310
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.623

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.314
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.007
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.659

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.795
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.246
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.651
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.530

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.306
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.553

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
55.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.070
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.388
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.581
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.143
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.276

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.509
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.783

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:6.849
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.256
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.617
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.593

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.397
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.120
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.601

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1539 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000