Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2	8	03 Apr 2026, 02:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.174	Passed

20.033

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.789

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.172

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.381

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 6.613

When the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.741

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.459

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.473

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.253

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 6.663

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.333

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.993

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.652

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.334

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.083

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 6.579

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.204

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.326

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 6.544

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.797

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.456

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.523

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.632

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.742

And the computer boots Tails 33.484

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.802

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.589

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.695

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 6.505

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 4.280

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.283

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.677

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.752

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.812

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.954

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.331

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.166

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 6.527

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.802

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.243

# 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 4.116

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.270

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.439

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.871

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.282

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.314

# 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" 0.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.799

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 6.526

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 7.613

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.546

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:527 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830

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	6:9.174	Passed

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