Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6224 23 Mar 2026, 20:09

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 7:16.710 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.036
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 6.813
When the network is plugged 0.032
And I successfully configure Tor 13.139
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
52.475
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 7.107
When the network is plugged 0.017
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.572
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.885
And I wait until Tor is ready 30.840
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.940
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 6.860
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.307
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.053
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.725
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.463
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.080
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.389

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
1:15.817
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 7.074
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.330
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.008
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
1:11.714
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 6.902
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.818
And I warm reboot the computer 0.008
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.094
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
36.045
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 a computer 0.052
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006
And I start the computer 0.726
And the computer boots Tails 34.711
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
27.206
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 I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.034
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080
When the network is plugged 0.017
And I successfully configure Tor 19.029
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
57.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.138
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.288
And all notifications have disappeared 3.888
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.292
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.100
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.225
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.862
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.441
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.249
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.243
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
54.009
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 6.934
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.294
And all notifications have disappeared 4.104
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.717
# 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 4.103
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.643
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.720
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.434
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.660
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.261
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.066
18.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.889
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.630
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.559
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 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010