Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6615 30 Aug 2026, 11:32

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 5:43.972 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.046
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 the network is plugged 0.037
And I successfully configure Tor 13.669
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.014
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 6.370
When the network is plugged 0.033
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.903
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.612
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.059
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.097
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 6.241
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.767
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.544
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.892
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.356

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
50.925
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 6.224
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 43.957
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
53.226
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 6.208
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.014
And I warm reboot the computer 0.004
And the computer reboots Tails 44.209
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
30.845
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 a computer 0.077
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011
And I start the computer 0.629
And the computer boots Tails 30.075
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
24.899
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 6.197
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089
When the network is plugged 0.037
And I successfully configure Tor 17.545
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
54.054
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.485
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172
And all notifications have disappeared 3.438
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.026
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.698
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.658
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.617
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.874
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.292
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.064
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.373
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
51.299
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.210
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137
And all notifications have disappeared 3.645
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.758
# 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 4.159
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.318
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.497
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.275
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.221
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.156
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.371
# 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" 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
15.564
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 6.268
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 7.793
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.376
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:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000