Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6660 12 Sep 2026, 11:26

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 4:14.557 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.
43.373
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 34.339
When I eject the boot medium 0.149
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
26.499
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 6.132
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.275
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.231
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.834

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.155
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.132
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.738

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1388 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.804
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 6.250
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.265
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.271
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.470
And I read the content of the test FS 0.039
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.215

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.196
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.372
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.722

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1413 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
44.165
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 6.204
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.280
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.295
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.873
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 2.758

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.192
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.669
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.847

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1409 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
1:57.713
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 7.994
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.161
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.796

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

When I eject the boot medium 0.264
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.909
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.734

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1458 MiB reference memory)

And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000