Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6516 21 Jul 2026, 17:27

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 6:14.235 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
25.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.551
When the network is plugged 0.025
And I successfully configure Tor 18.572
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
20.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.593
When the network is plugged 0.022
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.760
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.386
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.155
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.570
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.183
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.031
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.982
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.168
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.137
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.433

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
57.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 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" 0.261
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 50.226
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
57.946
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.686
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.254
And I warm reboot the computer 0.007
And the computer reboots Tails 49.258
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
35.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.069
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010
And I start the computer 0.741
And the computer boots Tails 34.525
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
26.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.571
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096
When the network is plugged 0.022
And I successfully configure Tor 18.308
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
57.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.661
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184
And all notifications have disappeared 3.599
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.012
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.154
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.531
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.964
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.725
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.485
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.993
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.485
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
53.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.180
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191
And all notifications have disappeared 3.651
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.160
# 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 3.944
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.595
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.793
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.350
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.172
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.450
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
16.071
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.847
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.098
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 7.718
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.385
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 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000