Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6346 02 May 2026, 11:16

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 4:36.632 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.
43.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.256
When I eject the boot medium 0.201
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
34.837
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 6.429
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.467
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.165

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.221
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.717
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.758
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 6.632
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.303
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.482
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.314
And I read the content of the test FS 0.078
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.035

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.240
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.176
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.494

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
44.587
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 6.499
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.384
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.006
And I read the content of the test FS 0.059
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.767

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.264
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.786
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.515

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:10.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.422
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.301
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 20.396
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.001

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.329
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.153
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000