Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 4 21 Aug 2026, 16:16

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Time syncing 80 0 0 0 0 80 10 0 10 5:57.619 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
18.301
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.348
When the network is plugged 0.035
And I successfully configure Tor 11.868
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
33.104
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.584
When the network is plugged 0.047
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.853
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.472
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.068
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.676
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.543
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.135
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.831
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.473
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.130
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.464

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After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
51.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.400
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.276
And I warm reboot the computer 0.025
And the computer reboots Tails 44.722
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
52.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.580
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.428
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 44.277
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
30.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010
And I start the computer 0.756
And the computer boots Tails 29.335
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
25.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.453
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097
When the network is plugged 0.036
And I successfully configure Tor 17.458
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
55.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.223
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133
And all notifications have disappeared 3.873
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.650
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.922
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.280
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.662
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.609
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.971
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.334
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
52.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.303
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141
And all notifications have disappeared 4.224
And I capture all network traffic 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.052
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.251
# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.050
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.331
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.094
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.160
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.187
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.419
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
16.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.617
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.186
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.292
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002