Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4283 16 Mar 2026, 11:25

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 7:12.631 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
21.108
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 6.874
When the network is plugged 0.045
And I successfully configure Tor 14.124
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.361
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 6.952
When the network is plugged 0.022
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.301
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.778
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.253
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.792
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.014
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.426
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.204
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.173
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.285

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
1:6.927
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 6.775
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.372
And I warm reboot the computer 0.105
And the computer reboots Tails 58.966
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
1:15.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.334
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.685
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.516
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
37.888
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 0.056
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007
And I start the computer 0.783
And the computer boots Tails 36.704
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
57.356
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 6.954
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.151
When the network is plugged 0.025
And I successfully configure Tor 49.145
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
56.856
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.168
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180
And all notifications have disappeared 4.009
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.800
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.662
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.922
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.897
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.110
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.254
# 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 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
53.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210
And all notifications have disappeared 4.236
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.843
# 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 3.960
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.537
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.620
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.592
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.422
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.233
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
17.752
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 9.665
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367
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:527 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000