Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2	5	31 Mar 2026, 02:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:41.775	Passed

19.782

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.590

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 13.118

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:4.352

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.461

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.170

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.676

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.987

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.518

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.658

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.063

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.204

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.068

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.266

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:21.376

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.438

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.284

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.815

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.830

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:23.068

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.482

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.616

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.174

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.782

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.433

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.079

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.749

And the computer boots Tails 32.280

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.238

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.454

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 18.641

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.166

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.705

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.739

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.135

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.799

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.829

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.753

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.217

# 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:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.905

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.554

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.268

And all notifications have disappeared 3.948

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

# 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 4.300

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.705

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.767

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.563

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.378

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.264

# 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" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.932

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 8.759

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.536

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	7:41.775	Passed

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