Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6445 15 Jun 2026, 11:52

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 4:44.286 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.
46.231
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.220
When I eject the boot medium 0.166
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
44.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.801
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 29.126
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.143

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.234
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.028
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
24.874
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.958
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.373
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.349
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.472
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.062

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.706
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.665

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
44.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.235
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.348
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.220
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.201
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.879

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.238
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.873
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.508

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:4.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.375
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.409
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.179
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.029

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.335
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.806
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.713

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1520 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000