Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6471 25 Jun 2026, 11:30

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 4:51.276 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.
39.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.052
When I eject the boot medium 0.184
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
48.246
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 6.620
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 33.733
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.089

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.648
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.503

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.992
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 6.843
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.386
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.122
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.460
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.079

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.177
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.319
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.554

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
42.829
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 6.623
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.873
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.976
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.854

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.372
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.492

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:17.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.883
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 26.767
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.116

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.342
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.384
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.562

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000