Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6510 18 Jul 2026, 11:41

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 4:55.916 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.
44.790
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 35.211
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
41.826
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 6.577
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 27.316
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.091

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.662
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.595

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
24.078
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 7.316
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.253
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.716
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 2.417

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.267
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.524

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
46.121
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 6.663
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.620
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.048
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.924

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.618
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.617

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:19.100
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 7.892
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.359
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.531
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.007

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.369
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.232
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.623

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000