Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 12 15 Oct 2026, 21:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Using Tor bridges and pluggable transports 131 0 0 0 0 131 13 0 13 6:44.425 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Using Tor bridges and pluggable transports
As a Tails user I want to circumvent censorship of Tor by using Tor bridges and pluggable transports And avoid connecting directly to the Tor Network
8.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.220
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.042
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.908
Tags: @product
13.591
When I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.191
Then I wait until Tor is ready 2.037
And tca.conf includes the configured bridges 0.004
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
8.121
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 6.217
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.041
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859
Tags: @product
12.462
When I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode 10.009
Then I wait until Tor is ready 0.984
And tca.conf includes the configured bridges 0.007
And available upgrades have been checked 1.071
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
8.354
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 6.386
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When the network is plugged 0.035
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.928
Tags: @product
30.834
When I configure some obfs4 bridges from a QR code in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode 28.480
Then I wait until Tor is ready 0.938
And tca.conf includes the configured bridges 0.004
And available upgrades have been checked 1.072
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
8.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.183
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.036
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.899
12.559
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.378
Then I wait until Tor is ready 1.199
And Tor is configured to use the default bridges 0.336
And tca.conf includes no bridge 0.005
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And Tor is configured to use the default bridges 0.271
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or connectivity check service 0.331

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
8.088
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 6.167
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When the network is plugged 0.037
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.880
Tags: @product
22.220
Given the Tor network is blocked 0.888
When I configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant 19.709
Then I wait until Tor is ready 1.009
And tca.conf includes no bridge 0.004
And available upgrades have been checked 0.037
And Tor is configured to use the default bridges 0.231
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or connectivity check service 0.339

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
19.842
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 17.771
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.029
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.038
Tags: @product
38.134
Given the Tor network and default bridges are blocked 0.893
When I unsuccessfully configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant 29.604
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 0.110
And tca.conf is empty 0.361
Given the Tor network and default bridges are unblocked 0.718
When I retry connecting to Tor 1.088
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.971
And tca.conf includes no bridge 0.004
And available upgrades have been checked 0.031
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through Tor or connectivity check service 0.350

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
8.128
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 6.166
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.037
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.921
4.283
When I try to configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode 3.838
Then the Tor Connection Assistant complains that normal bridges are not allowed 0.230
And I cannot click the "Connect to Tor" button 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
8.105
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 6.175
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When the network is plugged 0.035
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.890
Tags: @product
29.992
Given I configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant 5.599
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.740
When I disconnect the network through GNOME 10.409
And I connect the network through GNOME 9.912
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 0.070
And the Tor Connection Assistant connects to Tor 0.139
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.702
And Tor is using the same configuration as before 0.000
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through Tor or connectivity check service 0.382

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
8.119
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 6.211
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.039
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864
Tags: @product
50.957
Given I configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant 5.683
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.783
And I disconnect the network through GNOME 10.568
And the Tor network and default bridges are blocked 1.171
When I connect the network through GNOME 9.189
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 22.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
8.155
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 6.153
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When the network is plugged 0.033
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.963
Tags: @product
31.844
Given the Tor network and default bridges are blocked 0.913
When I unsuccessfully configure some default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 21.038
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 0.064
Given the Tor network and default bridges are unblocked 0.994
When I retry connecting to Tor 1.104
Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.066
And Tor is configured to use the default bridges 0.276
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or connectivity check service 0.385

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
8.082
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 6.183
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When the network is plugged 0.038
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857
Tags: @product
12.322
Given the Moat distributor responds with the default bridges 0.070
When I configure Tor Connection to ask for bridge settings based on my location 5.754
And I wait until Tor is ready 5.866
And available upgrades have been checked 0.045
Then Tor is configured to use the default bridges 0.242
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or connectivity check service 0.343

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After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
19.649
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 17.795
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.043
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.808
Tags: @product
8.538
Given the Moat distributor responds with an API error 0.028
When I configure Tor Connection to ask for bridge settings based on my location 5.896
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 0.140
And the Tor Connection Assistant reports the Moat API error 2.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
8.422
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 6.338
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When the network is plugged 0.035
Then the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.045
Tags: @product
7.318
Given no bridges are configured in torrc 0.010
When I configure Tor Connection to ask for bridge settings for "United States of America" 6.029
Then some real world bridges are eventually configured in torrc 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040