Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_ignore-private-backports 4 09 Jul 2025, 07:24

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Time syncing 79 1 0 0 0 80 9 1 10 14:23.245 Failed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
51.236
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.455
When the network is plugged 11.207
And I successfully configure Tor 28.440
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
41.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.603
When the network is plugged 0.097
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 9.359
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 17.024
And I wait until Tor is ready 5.592
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
41.257
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.415
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 1.741
And I capture all network traffic 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.348
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 8.737
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.494
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.805
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.606

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After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
2:41.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.393
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 1.483
And I warm reboot the computer 0.207
And the computer reboots Tails 2:28.496
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
3:9.467
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 24.522
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.998
And I warm reboot the computer 0.107
And the computer reboots Tails 2:40.565
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
2:11.000
Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002
Steps
Given a computer 0.169
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027
And I start the computer 1.184
And the computer boots Tails 2:9.512
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.106
The
The system time (2025-06-25 12:41:55 +0000) is before the Tails source date (2025-06-26 10:09:02 +0000).
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/time_syncing.rb:126:in `/^the system clock is just past Tails' source date$/'
features/time_syncing.feature:53:in `Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date'
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.925

SCENARIO FAILED: 'The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past' (at time 00:29:28)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_ignore-private-backports/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:28_The_clock_is_set_to_the_source_date_when_the_hardware_clock_is_way_in_the_past.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_ignore-private-backports/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:28_The_clock_is_set_to_the_source_date_when_the_hardware_clock_is_way_in_the_past.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_ignore-private-backports/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:28_The_clock_is_set_to_the_source_date_when_the_hardware_clock_is_way_in_the_past.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_ignore-private-backports/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:28_The_clock_is_set_to_the_source_date_when_the_hardware_clock_is_way_in_the_past.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
47.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.038
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.276
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.185
When the network is plugged 0.095
And I successfully configure Tor 34.724
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:24.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.700
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.151
And all notifications have disappeared 6.227
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.114
And the network is plugged 0.069
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 10.047
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 7.315
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.191
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 17.020
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 17.099
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.808
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.344
Then I wait until Tor is ready 8.754
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.603
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
1:14.914
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.049
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.151
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.513
And all notifications have disappeared 6.504
And I capture all network traffic 0.059
And the network is plugged 1.266
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 8.636
# 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 5.507
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.004
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.672
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 1.433
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.523
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277
Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.921
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.623
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
40.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 16.339
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.435
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 21.272
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 1.295
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 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002