Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6508 16 Jul 2026, 11:32

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 5:4.596 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.
44.432
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 34.900
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:0.052
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 18.667
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 33.543
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.062

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.650
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.552

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.948
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 6.677
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.302
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.880
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.019

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.214
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.933
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.498

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
43.355
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 6.624
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.372
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.886
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.084

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.197
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.269
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.480

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:13.807
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 7.931
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.626
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.982

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.344
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.436
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000