Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 10 24 Aug 2026, 12:04

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Time syncing 76 1 3 0 0 80 9 1 10 5:15.934 Failed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
16.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.365
When the network is plugged 0.042
And I successfully configure Tor 13.491
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
20.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.325
When the network is plugged 0.031
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.351
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.867
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.930
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
18.738
Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.461
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.152
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.827
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.259
The
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | Tor Connection]: child with name='Connect to Tor automatically' roleName='radio button'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:533:in `tca_configure'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:670:in `/^I configure (?:some|the) (persistent )?(\w+) bridges (from a QR code )?in the Tor Connection Assistant(?: in (easy|hide) mode)?( without connecting|)$/'
features/time_syncing.feature:27:in `And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode'
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.000
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.000
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.162

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges' (at time 00:14:29)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:14:29_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:14:29_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:14:29_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:14:29_Clock_is_one_day_in_the_future_while_using_obfs4_bridges.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
46.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.368
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 42.108
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
46.754
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 3.277
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.469
And I warm reboot the computer 0.004
And the computer reboots Tails 41.370
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
29.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.075
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011
And I start the computer 0.613
And the computer boots Tails 29.003
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
23.858
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 3.223
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089
When the network is plugged 0.035
And I successfully configure Tor 19.474
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
50.390
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 3.321
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132
And all notifications have disappeared 2.610
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.715
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.748
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.559
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.403
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.240
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.073
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.948
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.297
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
47.325
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 3.266
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.187
And all notifications have disappeared 3.492
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.737
# 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 3.932
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.401
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.150
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.243
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.085
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.712
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.311
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
15.232
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.313
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.460
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.345
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.008
And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000