Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6634 03 Sep 2026, 16:46

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 5:54.666 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
18.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.281
When the network is plugged 0.026
And I successfully configure Tor 12.189
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.080
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 6.393
When the network is plugged 0.030
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.017
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.580
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.023
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
23.140
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 6.337
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.148
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.435
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.690
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.064
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.380

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
53.751
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 6.451
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.236
And I warm reboot the computer 0.015
And the computer reboots Tails 46.348
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
54.999
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 6.377
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.624
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 46.406
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
31.727
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 a computer 0.077
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012
And I start the computer 0.689
And the computer boots Tails 30.884
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
25.573
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 6.745
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.154
When the network is plugged 0.025
And I successfully configure Tor 17.620
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
57.210
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 6.469
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148
And all notifications have disappeared 4.003
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.927
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.665
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.885
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.945
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.342
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.015
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.355
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
51.308
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 6.354
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176
And all notifications have disappeared 3.486
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.027
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.868
# 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 4.254
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.727
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.711
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.281
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.148
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.075
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.464
# 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" 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
16.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.710
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 8.096
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.361
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 0.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000