Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6672 16 Sep 2026, 11:39

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 5:35.422 Passed
Feature Time syncing
As a Tails user I want Tor to work properly And for that I need a reasonably accurate system clock
20.224
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 6.192
When the network is plugged 0.048
And I successfully configure Tor 13.941
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
19.170
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 6.222
When the network is plugged 0.052
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.783
And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.292
And I wait until Tor is ready 0.778
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
21.040
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 6.202
When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.148
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.033
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.077
And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.787
And I wait until Tor is ready 1.314
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.438

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
48.036
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 6.259
When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.193
And I warm reboot the computer 0.013
And the computer reboots Tails 41.290
Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
49.804
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 6.346
When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.460
And I warm reboot the computer 0.004
And the computer reboots Tails 41.444
Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
31.291
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 0.080
And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013
And I start the computer 0.646
And the computer boots Tails 30.498
Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
24.568
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 6.350
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076
When the network is plugged 0.026
And I successfully configure Tor 17.080
Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
55.917
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 6.205
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142
And all notifications have disappeared 3.865
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.023
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.750
When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.775
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132
And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.360
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.873
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.338
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.866
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.388
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
50.753
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 6.193
When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132
And all notifications have disappeared 3.242
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.743
# 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 4.127
And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.280
Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.332
# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug
When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.141
Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.328
# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)
And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274
When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106
Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.192
And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.367
# check that htpdate has done its job
And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042
And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
14.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.345
And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 6.821
Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000
When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.335
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 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000