Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories 2 25 Jul 2026, 19:28

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Time syncing 78 1 1 0 0 80 9 1 10 6:54.965 Failed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.505
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.675
When the network is plugged 0.017
And I successfully configure Tor 12.766
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.704
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.728
When the network is plugged 0.022
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.274
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.569
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.068
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.533
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 6.679
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.908
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.157
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.113
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.381

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
1:44.423
Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock
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 6.606
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.185
And I warm reboot the computer 0.009
And the computer reboots Tails 1:37.622
can
can not find any of the patterns ["TailsGreeter.png", "PlymouthGraphicsCardFailureMessage.png"] on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:248:in `rescue in wait_any'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:232:in `wait_any'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:446:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
features/time_syncing.feature:37:in `And the computer reboots Tails'
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.185

SCENARIO FAILED: 'The system time is not synced to the hardware clock' (at time 00:16:15)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:16:15_The_system_time_is_not_synced_to_the_hardware_clock.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:16:15_The_system_time_is_not_synced_to_the_hardware_clock.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:16:15_The_system_time_is_not_synced_to_the_hardware_clock.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:16:15_The_system_time_is_not_synced_to_the_hardware_clock.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
57.298
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 6.617
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.673
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 48.579
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
35.752
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 a computer 0.074
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007
And I start the computer 0.830
And the computer boots Tails 34.384
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
26.108
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 6.693
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083
When the network is plugged 0.021
And I successfully configure Tor 18.271
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
57.350
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 6.760
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200
And all notifications have disappeared 3.383
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.014
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.666
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.715
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.843
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.225
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.477
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
53.596
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.745
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.250
And all notifications have disappeared 3.635
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218
# 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 4.272
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.615
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.843
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.085
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.423
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
16.691
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 6.756
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 8.432
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.398
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 0.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000