Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org	6	22 May 2026, 07:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.373	Passed

19.644

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.402

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.951

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 6.378

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.220

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.090

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.511

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 6.367

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.284

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.983

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 0.340

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.648

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 6.452

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.171

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.558

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.459

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.496

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.410

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 6.527

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.884

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.400

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.591

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.759

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 0.043

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.005

And I start the computer 0.692

And the computer boots Tails 31.961

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.033

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.561

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.311

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.229

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 6.452

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.129

And all notifications have disappeared 3.603

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.075

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.149

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.492

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.556

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.640

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.081

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.243

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.824

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.198

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.426

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.506

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.220

# 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 3.962

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.564

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.630

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.228

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.933

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.495

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.987

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 6.479

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.053

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.359

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 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.971

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	5:57.373	Passed

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