Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6030 01 Jan 2026, 11:54

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 10:14.864 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
22.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.381
When the network is plugged 0.053
And I successfully configure Tor 13.666
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
24.673
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 8.422
When the network is plugged 0.057
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.986
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.770
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.386
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.104
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 8.749
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.248
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.065
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.531
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.648
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.149
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.653

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
1:8.497
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 8.451
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250
And I warm reboot the computer 0.020
And the computer reboots Tails 58.960
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
1:18.057
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 8.480
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.576
And I warm reboot the computer 0.011
And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.545
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
54.805
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 13.466
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028
And I start the computer 1.170
And the computer boots Tails 39.727
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 9.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 4.566
1:9.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 16.389
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.141
When the network is plugged 32.658
And I successfully configure Tor 19.704
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
2:11.144
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 1:5.336
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203
And all notifications have disappeared 4.624
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.052
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.257
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 14.201
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 19.062
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.002
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.960
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.666
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
1:45.005
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 45.869
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190
And all notifications have disappeared 5.510
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.053
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.322
# 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 4.017
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.177
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.736
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.275
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.424
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.769
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271
Then I wait until Tor is ready 15.229
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.664
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
33.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.976
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 2.358
And the network is plugged 0.188
And Tor is ready 20.449
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.500
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 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 12.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030