Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21348-migrate-away-from-sysadmin-team-container-images	5	18 Jun 2026, 17:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.338	Passed

20.536

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.554

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.898

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.402

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.418

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.335

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.288

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.285

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.269

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 0.056

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.327

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.234

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.329

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.820

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.126

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.339

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.124

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.006

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.321

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.411

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.379

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.396

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.120

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.299

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.725

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.206

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given a computer 0.195

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 0.865

And the computer boots Tails 33.832

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.104

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 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.110

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.157

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.741

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.164

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.379

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.242

And all notifications have disappeared 3.554

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.081

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.164

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.596

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.107

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.824

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.391

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.342

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.043

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.388

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.667

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.663

# 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 4.390

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.591

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.227

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.446

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.423

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.088

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 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.552

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.173

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 8.916

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367

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 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.403

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

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	6:22.338	Passed

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