Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6182 03 Mar 2026, 11:42

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 6:23.367 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.026
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 6.555
When the network is plugged 0.018
And I successfully configure Tor 12.409
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
20.747
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 6.562
When the network is plugged 0.019
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.468
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.373
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.268
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
39.408
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 6.802
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.212
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.021
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.574
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.554
And I wait until Tor is ready 16.899
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.299

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
58.151
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 7.025
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 50.178
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
59.368
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 6.699
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.682
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 49.819
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
34.328
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 0.046
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008
And I start the computer 0.759
And the computer boots Tails 33.466
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
26.570
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 6.561
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086
When the network is plugged 0.015
And I successfully configure Tor 18.846
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
56.370
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 6.823
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159
And all notifications have disappeared 3.566
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.014
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.801
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.048
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.644
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.452
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.057
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.239
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
52.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.064
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.271
And all notifications have disappeared 3.791
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.045
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.643
# 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 4.223
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.516
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.663
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.461
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.344
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.943
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.226
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
16.621
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 6.602
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 8.436
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.459
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 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000