Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6516 21 Jul 2026, 17:27

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 5:6.797 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.
41.088
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.617
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
49.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.054
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.388
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 29.289
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.538

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.495
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.557

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
28.724
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 7.050
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.334
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.688
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.625
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 2.155

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.233
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.032
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.553

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
52.170
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 6.914
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.421
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.039
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.174
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.026

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.263
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.485
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.787

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:15.246
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 8.548
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.427
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.315
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.181

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.426
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.960
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.555

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1510 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000