Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6312 20 Apr 2026, 14:25

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 6:59.740 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
20.003
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 6.733
When the network is plugged 0.020
And I successfully configure Tor 13.193
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
22.466
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 6.793
When the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.405
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.756
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.445
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
54.611
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 6.780
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.021
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.954
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.060
And I wait until Tor is ready 31.983
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.540 
Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
1:3.683
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 6.945
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.202
And I warm reboot the computer 0.009
And the computer reboots Tails 55.608
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker
1:3.902
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 6.582
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.318
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 54.831
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.092
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
37.018
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 0.066
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010
And I start the computer 0.887
And the computer boots Tails 35.746
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
28.567
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 7.016
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.138
When the network is plugged 0.019
And I successfully configure Tor 20.323
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
58.073
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 7.192
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171
And all notifications have disappeared 3.707
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071
And the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.293
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.895
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.250
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.947
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.007
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.623
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.290
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
55.117
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 7.325
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165
And all notifications have disappeared 3.922
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.022
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.447
# 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 4.315
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.719
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.904
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.258
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.476
# 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" 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks
16.297
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.275
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.093
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 7.546
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.363
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 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001