Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6395 21 May 2026, 11:36

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 6:16.931 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.197
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.070
When the network is plugged 0.020
And I successfully configure Tor 13.066
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
21.972
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.796
When the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.930
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.328
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
22.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.771
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.166
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.380
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.232

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040
58.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.580
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238
And I warm reboot the computer 0.028
And the computer reboots Tails 51.050
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
1:5.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.720
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.414
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 56.208
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032
35.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009
And I start the computer 0.752
And the computer boots Tails 34.506
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
27.065
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.706
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094
When the network is plugged 0.013
And I successfully configure Tor 19.192
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
55.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.804
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183
And all notifications have disappeared 3.542
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.014
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.585
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.742
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.177
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.091
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.285
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
53.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 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" 0.260
And all notifications have disappeared 3.716
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199
# 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 4.213
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.573
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.684
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.596
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.156
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.296
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
16.908
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 8.727
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.431
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:531 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000