Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21319-thunderbird-153	2	26 Oct 2026, 22:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.870	Passed

19.129

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 6.582

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.475

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.064

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 6.499

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.767

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.589

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.128

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.621

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.133

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.274

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.235

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.971

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.125

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 0.751

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.693

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 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.962

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.297

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 45.834

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.588

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.483

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.858

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.627

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.371

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.257

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.088

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.619

And the computer boots Tails 32.308

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.228

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.875

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.564

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.409

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.340

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.128

And all notifications have disappeared 4.251

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.103

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.966

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.630

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.575

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.952

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.229

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.401

# 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 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.896

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.376

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.831

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.248

# 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 3.852

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.255

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.415

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.855

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.277

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.445

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.439

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 6.946

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 8.946

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.431

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 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.236

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	5:57.870	Passed

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