Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org	1	18 May 2026, 19:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.591	Passed

20.257

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.736

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 13.436

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.175

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.001

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.238

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.439

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.400

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.227

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.902

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.392

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.695

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.562

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.391

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.330

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 6.895

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.145

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 53.515

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.765

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.054

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.927

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.128

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.895

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.096

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.491

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.760

And the computer boots Tails 36.290

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.941

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 6.870

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.908

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.325

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.916

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 3.793

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.073

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.087

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.664

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.094

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.293

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.000

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.986

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.292

And all notifications have disappeared 3.796

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.354

# 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 4.400

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.473

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.762

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.530

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.315

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.309

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.785

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.897

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.335

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.450

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884

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	6:20.591	Passed

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