Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4322 06 Apr 2026, 15:11

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 6:51.445 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.230
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 6.655
When the network is plugged 0.029
And I successfully configure Tor 12.505
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.475
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 6.953
When the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.532
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.480
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.423
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.764
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 6.812
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.242
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.512
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.343
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.478
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.268

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
1:15.173
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 6.726
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.305
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.967
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
1:14.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.733
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.539
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.973
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
36.583
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.068
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008
And I start the computer 0.873
And the computer boots Tails 35.548
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
27.582
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 7.000
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.106
When the network is plugged 0.015
And I successfully configure Tor 19.408
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
59.283
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 6.749
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.305
And all notifications have disappeared 4.120
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.022
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.234
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.092
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.048
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.910
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.622
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.414
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.308
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
54.591
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 6.586
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.256
And all notifications have disappeared 4.061
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.044
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199
# 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 4.540
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.723
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.763
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.471
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.583
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.347
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
17.496
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 6.748
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.222
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.426
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 0.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000