Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4403 19 May 2026, 14:37

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 6:14.616 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.841
When the network is plugged 0.020
And I successfully configure Tor 13.224
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
21.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.747
When the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.524
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.197
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.202
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
23.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.073
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.195
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.026
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.571
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.746
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.318
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.299

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.069
57.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.204
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 48.819
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
1:1.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.846
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.054
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 52.614
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
35.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009
And I start the computer 0.774
And the computer boots Tails 34.319
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
27.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.020
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081
When the network is plugged 0.019
And I successfully configure Tor 19.381
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001
56.644
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.829
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209
And all notifications have disappeared 3.725
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.014
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.158
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.019
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.920
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.013
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.481
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.381
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.366
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066
54.998
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.867
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171
And all notifications have disappeared 3.879
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.019
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.417
# 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 4.335
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.359
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.604
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.519
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.401
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.316
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.368
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031
15.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 7.606
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.535
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:531 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000