Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5969 26 Nov 2025, 09:02

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 8:34.818 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
24.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.555
When the network is plugged 0.063
And I successfully configure Tor 15.415
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
25.070
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 8.623
When the network is plugged 0.087
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.058
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.877
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.330
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
28.755
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 9.170
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.297
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.073
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.098
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.957
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.251
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.853

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
1:41.832
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 8.612
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.281
And I warm reboot the computer 0.020
And the computer reboots Tails 1:32.077
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
1:38.572
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 8.488
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.101
And I warm reboot the computer 0.026
And the computer reboots Tails 1:27.028
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
1:3.313
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 a computer 0.207
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027
And I start the computer 1.007
And the computer boots Tails 1:2.009
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
30.238
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 8.488
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.134
When the network is plugged 0.060
And I successfully configure Tor 20.500
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
1:3.660
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 8.754
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236
And all notifications have disappeared 5.083
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.099
And the network is plugged 0.058
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.945
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.226
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.845
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.180
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.586
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.410
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.731
# 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 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
58.461
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 8.672
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196
And all notifications have disappeared 5.358
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.069
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.851
# 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 4.350
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 12.200
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.231
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.515
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.378
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.225
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.555
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
20.823
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 8.888
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.247
And the network is plugged 0.156
And Tor is ready 10.026
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.499
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 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000