Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 2 20 Aug 2026, 13:36

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 5:40.284 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
18.164
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 6.195
When the network is plugged 0.028
And I successfully configure Tor 11.861
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
20.538
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 6.336
When the network is plugged 0.044
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.942
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.247
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.933
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.331
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 6.340
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.039
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.075
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.027
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.241
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.416

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After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
49.354
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 6.168
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.165
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 42.067
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
51.237
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 6.239
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.995
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 42.041
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
29.922
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 0.078
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011
And I start the computer 0.689
And the computer boots Tails 29.095
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
25.611
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 6.276
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082
When the network is plugged 0.040
And I successfully configure Tor 18.181
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
56.290
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 6.307
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146
And all notifications have disappeared 3.931
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.027
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.724
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.690
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.250
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.372
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.284
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.907
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.337
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
53.120
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 I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.359
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154
And all notifications have disappeared 4.071
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859
# 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 3.962
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.388
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.792
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.349
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.928
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.349
# 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" 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093
14.713
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 6.303
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.117
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 6.941
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.319
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 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001