Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6590 18 Aug 2026, 19:00

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 4:22.496 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.
43.998
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 34.866
When I eject the boot medium 0.157
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
29.949
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 6.525
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.312
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.098
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 5.028

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.216
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.858
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.909

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.805
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 6.259
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.257
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.897
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.669

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.285
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.814

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
45.187
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 6.234
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.377
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.150
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.801
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.751

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.195
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.822
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.809

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:59.556
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 8.120
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.777
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 4.444

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.298
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.211
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.070

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

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000