Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4255 26 Feb 2026, 12:23

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 6:34.149 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
21.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.671
When the network is plugged 0.090
And I successfully configure Tor 12.518
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.244
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 8.684
When the network is plugged 0.110
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.446
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.249
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.706
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.336
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.121
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.059
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.755
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.099
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.436
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.627

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
56.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.880
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.168
And I warm reboot the computer 0.011
And the computer reboots Tails 46.744
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
58.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.904
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.837
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 47.858
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
42.125
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 a computer 0.194
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.040
And I start the computer 1.149
And the computer boots Tails 40.293
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
29.510
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 7.939
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.222
When the network is plugged 0.075
And I successfully configure Tor 20.233
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
1:0.837
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 8.146
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174
And all notifications have disappeared 4.389
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.061
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.784
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.230
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.860
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.382
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.369
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.540
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
58.183
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 8.338
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184
And all notifications have disappeared 4.434
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.055
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.659
# 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 5.231
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.965
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.437
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.326
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.699
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.611
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090
18.668
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.009
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.099
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 8.829
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.656
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 0.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001