Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6344 01 May 2026, 13:11

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 5:27.305 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.
49.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.258
When I eject the boot medium 0.188
Then Tails eventually shuts down 14.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
46.312
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 6.639
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.406
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.209

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.285
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.858
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.555

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
29.394
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 6.717
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.375
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.345
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.829
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 2.152

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.267
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.067
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.571

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:5.221
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 6.607
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 37.727
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.153
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.060

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.291
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 16.537
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.475

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:16.818
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 7.860
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.360
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 22.097
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.930

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.321
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 14.135
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000