Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6236 26 Mar 2026, 07:02

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 4:36.625 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.
45.822
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 36.161
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
32.853
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.749
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.298
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.899
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.349

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.254
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.754
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.547

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.990
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 7.389
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.305
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.073
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.077

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.259
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.991
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.523

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1496 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
51.189
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 6.602
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.425
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.343
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.804
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.864

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.350
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.525

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:58.769
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 8.155
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.439
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.582
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.200

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.360
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.723
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.597

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000