Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6069 15 Jan 2026, 15:46

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 6:16.744 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.861
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 7.058
When the network is plugged 0.013
And I successfully configure Tor 13.746
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.459
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 7.156
When the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.453
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.670
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.113
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.490
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 7.103
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.135
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.124
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.498
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 0.280

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
58.567
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 7.350
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 50.446
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
1:1.298
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 7.261
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.032
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 50.934
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
35.518
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 a computer 0.065
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011
And I start the computer 0.842
And the computer boots Tails 34.273
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
28.512
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 6.953
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.125
When the network is plugged 0.013
And I successfully configure Tor 20.365
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
56.361
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 7.510
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193
And all notifications have disappeared 4.073
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.014
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.422
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.979
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.026
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.744
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.399
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.200
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
53.033
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 7.644
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214
And all notifications have disappeared 4.063
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.369
# 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 4.034
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.654
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.415
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.332
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197
Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.996
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.223
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
17.639
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 7.212
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.142
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.864
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.374
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 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000