Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware	3	26 Jul 2026, 02:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.763	Passed

18.441

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.496

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 11.889

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.101

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.593

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.014

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.097

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.336

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.714

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.979

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.678

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.002

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.377

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.249

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 0.002

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 system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.033

And the computer reboots Tails 50.108

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.964

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.514

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.433

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.375

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.635

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.009

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 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.774

And the computer boots Tails 33.839

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.339

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.675

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 6.698

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.802

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.457

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.497

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.686

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.534

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.644

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.300

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.439

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.187

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.397

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.925

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.601

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.775

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.200

# 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 4.017

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.634

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.788

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.974

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.426

# 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" 0.239

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.223

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.599

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 7.237

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.295

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:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

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	6:3.763	Passed

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