Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6746 13 Oct 2026, 13:58

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 5:44.381 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.562
When the network is plugged 0.030
And I successfully configure Tor 13.270
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.477
When the network is plugged 0.056
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.997
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.408
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.342
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.204
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.279
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.159
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.105
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.072
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.185
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.335

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
49.824
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.292
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 43.078
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
52.187
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.557
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.634
And I warm reboot the computer 0.004
And the computer reboots Tails 43.068
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
30.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.122
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011
And I start the computer 0.618
And the computer boots Tails 30.050
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
26.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092
When the network is plugged 0.035
And I successfully configure Tor 18.541
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
55.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.357
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.139
And all notifications have disappeared 3.852
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.082
And the network is plugged 0.030
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.661
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.143
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.663
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.506
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.408
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.123
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.436
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
51.435
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.182
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159
And all notifications have disappeared 3.436
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.590
# 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 4.397
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.328
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.628
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.487
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.308
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.142
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.094
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.340
# 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" 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
14.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.187
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 7.090
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.357
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:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000