Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6404 26 May 2026, 11:31

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 4:42.622 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.
42.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.280
When I eject the boot medium 0.190
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
37.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.799
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.045
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.094

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.226
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.062
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.592

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
24.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.937
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.312
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.371
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.638
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.509

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.557
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.611

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 4.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
45.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.717
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.444
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.895
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.103
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.925

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.210
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.751
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.521

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
2:13.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.236
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.856
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.057

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.326
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.287
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.542

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1510 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000