Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4350 18 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 7:16.936 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.390
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 6.602
When the network is plugged 0.026
And I successfully configure Tor 13.714
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.284
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 6.612
When the network is plugged 0.019
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.918
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.481
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.186
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.692
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 6.802
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.171
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.518
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.343
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.500
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.283

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
1:16.458
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 6.632
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.234
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.365
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
1:12.137
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 6.591
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.546
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.617
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
35.251
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 a computer 0.061
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008
And I start the computer 0.750
And the computer boots Tails 34.032
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
27.462
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 6.918
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095
When the network is plugged 0.022
And I successfully configure Tor 19.374
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
56.860
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 6.614
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186
And all notifications have disappeared 3.773
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.235
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.855
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.029
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.444
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.079
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.270
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
53.733
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 6.550
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164
And all notifications have disappeared 3.768
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.451
# 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 4.200
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.294
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.584
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.905
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.448
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.295
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.282
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
47.665
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 6.899
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 39.268
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.397
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 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000