Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4164 14 Jan 2026, 09:14

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 8:26.284 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
23.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.329
When the network is plugged 0.055
And I successfully configure Tor 15.201
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
54.111
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.121
When the network is plugged 0.063
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.068
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.865
And I wait until Tor is ready 30.941
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
56.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.241
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.056
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.128
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.670
And I wait until Tor is ready 31.211
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.735

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
1:8.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.146
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.276
And I warm reboot the computer 0.018
And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.085
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
1:7.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.260
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.662
And I warm reboot the computer 0.012
And the computer reboots Tails 56.552
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
38.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.182
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023
And I start the computer 1.050
And the computer boots Tails 37.336
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
58.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.155
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.122
When the network is plugged 0.057
And I successfully configure Tor 49.460
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
59.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.119
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199
And all notifications have disappeared 4.556
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.056
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.936
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.134
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.355
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.263
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.408
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.320
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.646
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
57.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.282
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157
And all notifications have disappeared 4.541
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.052
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.770
# 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 4.235
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.628
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.150
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.517
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.327
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.212
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.547
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
20.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.316
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.104
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.864
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.491
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 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004