Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6330 28 Apr 2026, 20:05

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 5:58.198 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.834
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 6.481
When the network is plugged 0.026
And I successfully configure Tor 13.273
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
21.220
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 6.463
When the network is plugged 0.017
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.287
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.314
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.098
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
22.016
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 6.563
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.362
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.894
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.837
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.021
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 0.264

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
55.422
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 6.588
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.258
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 47.712
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
55.173
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 6.482
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.690
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 46.441
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
32.511
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 0.045
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006
And I start the computer 0.748
And the computer boots Tails 31.626
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
25.752
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 6.669
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099
When the network is plugged 0.014
And I successfully configure Tor 17.910
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
58.433
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 6.472
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145
And all notifications have disappeared 3.994
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.013
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.168
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.818
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.845
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.884
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.009
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.271
# 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 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
52.493
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 6.629
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.301
And all notifications have disappeared 4.017
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.021
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.298
# 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 4.098
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.260
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.477
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.744
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.200
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 0.042
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
15.340
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 6.816
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 7.053
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353
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 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001