Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 7 24 Aug 2026, 13:38

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 5:55.983 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.388
When the network is plugged 0.035
And I successfully configure Tor 13.123
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.445
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.528
When the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.925
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.116
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.663
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 6.542
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.042
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.045
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.415
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.021
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.389

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After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
53.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.325
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.284
And I warm reboot the computer 0.014
And the computer reboots Tails 46.171
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
54.023
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 6.519
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.510
And I warm reboot the computer 0.014
And the computer reboots Tails 45.594
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
32.648
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 a computer 0.098
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012
And I start the computer 0.669
And the computer boots Tails 31.810
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
26.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.463
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117
When the network is plugged 0.032
And I successfully configure Tor 18.787
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
56.226
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 6.614
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176
And all notifications have disappeared 3.838
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.031
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.749
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.854
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.934
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.887
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.280
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.960
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.467
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
52.562
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 6.781
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148
And all notifications have disappeared 3.747
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.038
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.679
# 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 4.217
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.406
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.875
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.334
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.285
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.141
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.405
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
16.615
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 6.623
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 8.440
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.445
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 0.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000