Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21153-zstd-iuks	6	27 Jul 2026, 11:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.525	Passed

18.868

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.559

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.205

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.417

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.598

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.282

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.270

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.213

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.728

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.799

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.366

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.225

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.402

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.382

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.605

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.227

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.065

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.476

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.196

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.620

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.516

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.467

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.273

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

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

And I start the computer 0.724

And the computer boots Tails 33.130

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.408

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.507

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

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.766

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.050

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.695

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.505

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.627

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.790

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.734

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.424

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.027

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.417

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.642

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.392

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.144

# 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 3.876

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.618

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.225

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.486

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.225

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.793

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.436

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.556

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.448

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.614

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.397

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:57.525	Passed

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