Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6177 27 Feb 2026, 11:57

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 7:30.843 Passed
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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
22.597
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 8.223
When the network is plugged 0.051
And I successfully configure Tor 14.277
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
25.032
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 8.604
When the network is plugged 0.053
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.093
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.834
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.396
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
27.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.638
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.258
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.063
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.209
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.544
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.002
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.646 
Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
1:6.835
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 8.467
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.221
And I warm reboot the computer 0.013
And the computer reboots Tails 57.009
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
1:8.892
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 8.270
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.635
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 58.403
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
40.633
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 a computer 0.157
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025
And I start the computer 1.106
And the computer boots Tails 38.906
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
29.815
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.377
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.113
When the network is plugged 0.049
And I successfully configure Tor 20.221
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
1:1.919
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 8.608
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.187
And all notifications have disappeared 4.647
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.057
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.221
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.221
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.170
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.989
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.151
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.510
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.231
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.638
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
57.606
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 8.420
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215
And all notifications have disappeared 4.464
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.200
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.864
# 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 4.151
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.823
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.201
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.546
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.404
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.039
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.578
# 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" 0.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
50.083
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 8.600
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.105
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 39.855
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.446
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001
And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001