Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6549 30 Jul 2026, 19:38

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 4:52.594 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.
44.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.373
When I eject the boot medium 0.175
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
41.706
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 6.572
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 27.083
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.037

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.892
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.544

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.404
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 7.240
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.299
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.532
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.004

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.231
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.110
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.545

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
45.985
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 6.686
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.416
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.738
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.035
And I read the content of the test FS 0.075
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.898

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.395
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.533

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
2:17.362
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 7.859
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 29.835
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.050

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.320
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.508
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.550

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000