Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org	2	19 May 2026, 07:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.366	Passed

18.452

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.503

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 11.871

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.962

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.441

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.255

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.151

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.056

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.851

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.162

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.070

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.722

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.092

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.313

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.891

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.386

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.893

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.410

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.203

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.446

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.759

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 49.535

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.457

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.796

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.042

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.693

And the computer boots Tails 31.996

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.912

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.222

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.922

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.362

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.581

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 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.165

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.471

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.184

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.527

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.546

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.017

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.228

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.726

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.428

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.403

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

# 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 3.990

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.519

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.760

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.319

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.869

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.236

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.646

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.528

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.649

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.348

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

	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	5:53.366	Passed

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