Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6660 12 Sep 2026, 11:26

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 5:33.001 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
18.551
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 6.153
When the network is plugged 0.046
And I successfully configure Tor 12.333
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
20.130
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 I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.125
When the network is plugged 0.049
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.787
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.295
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.840
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
20.360
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 6.175
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.761
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.396
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.462
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
49.526
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 6.419
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 41.858
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
49.872
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 6.250
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.629
And I warm reboot the computer 0.005
And the computer reboots Tails 41.209
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
29.453
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 0.100
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011
And I start the computer 0.593
And the computer boots Tails 28.704
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
24.180
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 6.260
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072
When the network is plugged 0.026
And I successfully configure Tor 16.783
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
55.042
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 6.123
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146
And all notifications have disappeared 3.683
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.027
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.765
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.632
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.276
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.794
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.912
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.813
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.322
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
50.371
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 6.175
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.130
And all notifications have disappeared 3.556
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.619
# 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 4.252
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.339
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.826
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.300
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.138
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.013
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.318
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
15.511
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 6.258
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 7.837
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.304
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 0.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000