Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6107 30 Jan 2026, 12:43

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 11:39.263 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.
1:14.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 1:2.148
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:6.029
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 8.886
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.420
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.345
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 32.582

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.268
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.284
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.242

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:31.806
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.255
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.615
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 36.329
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.409
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1:21.652

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.277
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.493
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 9.705

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
3:51.970
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 45.638
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.452
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 2:14.057
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.098
And I read the content of the test FS 0.072
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 32.392

Pattern coverage: 106.136% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.252
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.294
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 10.709

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:55.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.023
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 32.354
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 24.358

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.554
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.674
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.492

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1561 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000