Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4321 06 Apr 2026, 11:34

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 7:10.810 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
49.281
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 6.857
When the network is plugged 0.039
And I successfully configure Tor 42.341
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.442
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 6.693
When the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.651
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.956
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.093
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.746
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 6.665
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.156
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.241
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.099
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.298

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
1:9.243
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 6.577
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.208
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.210
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
1:16.667
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 6.989
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.678
And I warm reboot the computer 0.009
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.239
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
34.893
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 a computer 0.060
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007
And I start the computer 0.894
And the computer boots Tails 33.569
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
27.712
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 6.756
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108
When the network is plugged 0.015
And I successfully configure Tor 19.788
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
57.931
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 6.727
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168
And all notifications have disappeared 3.710
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.030
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.681
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.490
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.326
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.766
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.785
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.430
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.344
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.239
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
52.409
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 6.539
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158
And all notifications have disappeared 3.765
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.230
# 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 4.266
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210
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" 14.781
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.156
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.297
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
16.481
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 6.678
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 8.275
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.416
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 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000