Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6072 16 Jan 2026, 08:15

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 6:22.039 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
21.516
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 7.574
When the network is plugged 0.019
And I successfully configure Tor 13.858
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.606
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 7.385
When the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.548
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.119
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.472
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.980
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 6.981
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.626
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.571
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.237
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 0.324

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
1:1.454
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.715
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.301
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 52.846
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
59.146
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 7.624
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.533
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 49.445
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
37.827
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 0.074
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009
And I start the computer 0.852
And the computer boots Tails 36.525
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
28.273
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 7.439
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.140
When the network is plugged 0.018
And I successfully configure Tor 19.628
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
56.650
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 7.264
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183
And all notifications have disappeared 3.747
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.107
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.009
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.898
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.049
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.246
# 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 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
52.498
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 7.663
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171
And all notifications have disappeared 3.737
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.160
# 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 4.428
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.590
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.002
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.359
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.231
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.284
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
18.085
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 7.681
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.127
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.778
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.461
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 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000