Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6665 14 Sep 2026, 20:49

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 5:49.985 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
19.603
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 6.627
When the network is plugged 0.038
And I successfully configure Tor 12.892
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
22.461
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 6.431
When the network is plugged 0.028
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.056
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.056
And I wait until Tor is ready 2.856
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.200
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.196
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.089
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.161
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.336
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.409

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
50.689
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 6.290
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222
And I warm reboot the computer 0.015
And the computer reboots Tails 44.037
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
51.846
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 6.512
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.356
And I warm reboot the computer 0.020
And the computer reboots Tails 43.127
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
30.971
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 0.097
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015
And I start the computer 0.639
And the computer boots Tails 30.172
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
26.358
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 6.353
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080
When the network is plugged 0.039
And I successfully configure Tor 18.841
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
56.132
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 6.600
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191
And all notifications have disappeared 4.053
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071
And the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.628
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.005
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.886
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.885
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.386
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.162
Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.729
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.317
# 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 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
54.097
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 6.367
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.138
And all notifications have disappeared 3.865
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.675
# 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 4.442
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.372
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.073
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.275
Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.251
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.364
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
16.318
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 6.368
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.418
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.410
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 0.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000