Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4182 22 Jan 2026, 12:00

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 6:38.398 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
20.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.836
When the network is plugged 0.109
And I successfully configure Tor 12.146
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
23.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.653
When the network is plugged 0.056
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.826
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.703
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.561
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
24.787
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.962
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.253
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.065
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.745
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.775
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.392
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.539 
Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
48.783
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.846
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193
And I warm reboot the computer 0.013
And the computer reboots Tails 39.811
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
54.958
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 8.143
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.812
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 44.598
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
39.953
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 a computer 0.165
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030
And I start the computer 1.038
And the computer boots Tails 38.391
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
27.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.011
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102
When the network is plugged 0.053
And I successfully configure Tor 17.868
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
57.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.000
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163
And all notifications have disappeared 4.439
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.047
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.793
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.886
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.282
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.456
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.088
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.740
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
54.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.013
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157
And all notifications have disappeared 4.310
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.053
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.774
# 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 4.148
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.334
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.795
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.083
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.348
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.446
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.138
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.519
# 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" 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
46.333
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 7.982
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.141
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 36.614
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.534
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 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006