Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6470 24 Jun 2026, 11:38

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 5:0.379 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.
41.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.939
When I eject the boot medium 0.281
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
48.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.738
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 33.085
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.241

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.842
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.574

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
24.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.564
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.488
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.338
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.581
And I read the content of the test FS 0.042
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.208

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.761
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.680

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
43.868
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.774
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.454
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.390
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.055
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.999

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.288
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.321
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.527

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:21.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.925
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 28.731
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.003

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.334
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.768
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.561

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000