Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4411 22 May 2026, 12:37

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 6:25.995 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.791
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 6.805
When the network is plugged 0.017
And I successfully configure Tor 12.918
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
22.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.818
When the network is plugged 0.015
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.391
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.507
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.270
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
23.664
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 6.583
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.021
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.476
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.028
And I wait until Tor is ready 3.078
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.235

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038
1:1.052
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 6.536
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.275
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 53.780
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025
1:4.246
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 I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.660
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.600
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 54.922
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
37.632
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 0.061
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008
And I start the computer 0.765
And the computer boots Tails 36.455
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
26.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077
When the network is plugged 0.014
And I successfully configure Tor 18.606
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001
58.161
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.675
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176
And all notifications have disappeared 3.301
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.019
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.968
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.179
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.011
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.294
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.320
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045
54.715
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 6.711
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182
And all notifications have disappeared 3.327
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.021
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.242
# 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 4.208
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.443
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.473
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.312
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137
Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.328
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.340
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048
18.341
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 6.918
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.862
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.457
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 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000