Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6198 12 Mar 2026, 23:23

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 6:18.278 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.724
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 6.666
When the network is plugged 0.034
And I successfully configure Tor 12.976
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.542
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 6.748
When the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.437
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.671
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.598
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.807
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 6.991
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.021
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.449
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.428
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.354
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.314

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
59.239
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 6.805
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203
And I warm reboot the computer 0.009
And the computer reboots Tails 51.227
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
1:0.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.707
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.215
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 51.885
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
36.241
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 0.058
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.018
And I start the computer 0.925
And the computer boots Tails 34.852
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
27.993
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 6.828
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092
When the network is plugged 0.020
And I successfully configure Tor 20.009
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
57.244
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 6.940
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155
And all notifications have disappeared 4.154
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.108
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.797
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.904
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.093
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.841
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.505
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.063
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.280
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
54.452
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 6.671
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.335
And all notifications have disappeared 4.239
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.843
# 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 3.922
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.574
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.835
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.606
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.393
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.117
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.289
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
17.114
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 6.741
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 8.760
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.500
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 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000