Cucumber Reports (no 37) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21322-change-domain-deb.tails.boum.org	37	22 Jun 2026, 08:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.294	Passed

21.128

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.034

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 14.020

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.825

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.031

When the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.341

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.874

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.483

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.246

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.041

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.132

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.207

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.394

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.625

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.250

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.509

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.374

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.015

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.763

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.376

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.085

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.042

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.053

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.610

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.514

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given a computer 0.189

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 0.788

And the computer boots Tails 34.144

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.368

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.011

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.204

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.143

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.603

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.295

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.907

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.293

And all notifications have disappeared 3.598

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.257

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.655

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.858

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.426

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.491

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.955

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.346

# 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:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.856

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.072

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 3.578

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.306

# 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 4.209

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.545

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.910

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.280

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.093

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.953

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.038

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.141

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.273

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.463

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 0.021

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	6:20.294	Passed

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