Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6223 23 Mar 2026, 14:50

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 4:25.114 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.
46.122
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 36.512
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.437
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 6.932
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.380
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.910
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.154

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.255
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.572

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1451 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.017
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 6.884
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.472
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.475
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.977
And I read the content of the test FS 0.064
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.101

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.101
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.704

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
47.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.753
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.551
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.991
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.030

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.259
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.822
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1448 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:58.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.050
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.416
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.644
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.068

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.310
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.325
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.604

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000