Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6599 20 Aug 2026, 11:37

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 5:47.688 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.411
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 6.417
When the network is plugged 0.046
And I successfully configure Tor 12.893
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
20.618
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 6.408
When the network is plugged 0.032
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.785
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.181
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.142
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.150
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 6.453
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.138
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.028
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.827
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.197
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.089
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.360

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
50.583
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 6.263
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.197
And I warm reboot the computer 0.006
And the computer reboots Tails 43.815
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
52.843
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 6.724
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.125
And I warm reboot the computer 0.004
And the computer reboots Tails 44.564
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
31.745
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013
And I start the computer 0.624
And the computer boots Tails 30.950
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
24.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.440
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111
When the network is plugged 0.034
And I successfully configure Tor 17.313
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
54.577
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 6.790
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.226
And all notifications have disappeared 3.480
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.024
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.786
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.643
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.578
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.045
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.298
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127
Then I wait until Tor is ready 3.788
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.402
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
54.175
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 6.259
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175
And all notifications have disappeared 4.247
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.027
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.905
# 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 4.218
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.698
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.917
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.066
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.357
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
16.630
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 6.403
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.631
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.483
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 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000