Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4373 04 May 2026, 10:59

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 6:6.046 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.482
When the network is plugged 0.014
And I successfully configure Tor 13.531
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
20.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.390
When the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.349
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.925
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.121
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.076
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.439
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.140
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.493
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.606
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.033
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.301

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After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
58.129
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.599
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 50.433
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
1:0.430
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.528
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.894
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 50.821
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
34.238
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009
And I start the computer 0.780
And the computer boots Tails 33.299
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
25.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.490
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086
When the network is plugged 0.014
And I successfully configure Tor 17.714
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
56.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.624
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137
And all notifications have disappeared 3.579
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.204
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.478
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.877
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.926
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.410
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.133
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.231
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
52.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.671
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215
And all notifications have disappeared 3.571
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.262
# 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 4.084
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.462
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.286
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.418
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.982
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.244
# 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" 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
15.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.583
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 7.451
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.365
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:527 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000