Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6287 11 Apr 2026, 11:27

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 6:3.058 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.138
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 6.660
When the network is plugged 0.022
And I successfully configure Tor 13.405
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
21.476
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 6.554
When the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.379
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.974
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.502
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.434
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 6.729
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.019
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.484
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.398
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.266
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.311

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
57.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.971
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.315
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 49.585
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
56.943
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 6.495
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.457
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 48.340
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
33.392
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 0.051
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006
And I start the computer 0.769
And the computer boots Tails 32.519
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
25.363
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 6.596
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072
When the network is plugged 0.041
And I successfully configure Tor 17.611
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
56.672
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 6.598
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210
And all notifications have disappeared 3.523
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.161
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.545
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.695
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.831
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.415
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.932
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.276
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
53.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.505
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135
And all notifications have disappeared 3.980
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.250
# 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 4.086
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.498
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.005
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.235
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.988
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.234
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
15.451
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 6.503
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 7.476
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.355
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 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000