Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6652 09 Sep 2026, 17:33

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 6:0.659 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
30.647
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 18.041
When the network is plugged 0.063
And I successfully configure Tor 12.492
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
19.888
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 6.422
When the network is plugged 0.033
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.705
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.496
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.157
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.757
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 6.293
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
And the network is plugged 0.033
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.747
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.368
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.691
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.389

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
52.336
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 6.322
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.224
And I warm reboot the computer 0.010
And the computer reboots Tails 45.006
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
53.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.571
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.530
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 43.960
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
31.344
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 a computer 0.089
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013
And I start the computer 0.641
And the computer boots Tails 30.553
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
25.265
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 6.584
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076
When the network is plugged 0.025
And I successfully configure Tor 17.518
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
56.336
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 6.545
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192
And all notifications have disappeared 3.511
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.059
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.714
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.761
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.958
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.340
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163
Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.097
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.412
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.186
53.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.622
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147
And all notifications have disappeared 3.817
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.747
# 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 4.461
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.704
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.044
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.301
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.153
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.436
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.342
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
15.508
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 6.703
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.136
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 7.244
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.390
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 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000