Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6225 23 Mar 2026, 20:11

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 5:4.855 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.
51.233
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 39.460
When I eject the boot medium 0.182
Then Tails eventually shuts down 11.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
33.107
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 7.692
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.370
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.792
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.162

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.243
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.608

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1507 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.078
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.440
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.297
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.170
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.598

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.307
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.222
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.610

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1512 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:3.400
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 20.567
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.420
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.908
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.912
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.071

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.631
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:9.332
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 8.922
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.837
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.287

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.439
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.336
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.560

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000