Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6053 12 Jan 2026, 16:40

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 5:59.917 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
19.796
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.473
When the network is plugged 0.014
And I successfully configure Tor 13.266
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
20.311
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 6.534
When the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.022
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.612
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.080
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
21.856
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 6.481
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.062
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.334
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.424
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.313 
Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
57.231
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 6.424
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.172
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 49.300
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
59.016
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 6.425
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.583
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 49.650
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
33.337
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 0.052
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008
And I start the computer 0.758
And the computer boots Tails 32.471
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
25.569
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 6.720
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089
When the network is plugged 0.016
And I successfully configure Tor 17.709
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
56.012
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 6.509
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145
And all notifications have disappeared 3.741
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.276
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.624
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.821
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.728
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.482
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.981
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.328
# 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 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
50.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151
And all notifications have disappeared 3.469
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.017
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.691
# 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 4.011
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.538
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.646
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.475
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.962
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.304
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
15.976
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 6.871
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 7.670
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.335
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 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000