Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6419 03 Jun 2026, 07:22

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 5:58.918 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
18.477
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 6.450
When the network is plugged 0.017
And I successfully configure Tor 11.959
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
21.005
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 6.493
When the network is plugged 0.022
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.255
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.085
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.093
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
21.607
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 6.392
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.016
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.397
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.245
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.098
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.248

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037
58.475
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 6.459
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238
And I warm reboot the computer 0.017
And the computer reboots Tails 50.757
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050
56.283
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 6.391
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.899
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 46.769
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005
34.478
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 0.046
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006
And I start the computer 0.713
And the computer boots Tails 33.434
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004
25.058
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 6.441
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069
When the network is plugged 0.012
And I successfully configure Tor 17.487
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001
56.331
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 6.424
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162
And all notifications have disappeared 3.379
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.545
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.653
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.792
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.973
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.308
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
51.632
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 I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.610
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146
And all notifications have disappeared 3.525
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.020
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314
# 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 4.071
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.480
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.819
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.234
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.055
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.220
# 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" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039
15.567
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 6.628
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 7.410
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.435
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:531 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000