Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access	2	20 Apr 2026, 22:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:25.026	Passed

20.128

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 6.848

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.171

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.088

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.277

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.773

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.475

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.262

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.676

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.309

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.041

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.447

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.665

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.506

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.343

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.074

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.079

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.299

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.136

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.549

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.093

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 6.917

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.185

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.285

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.695

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.684

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.856

And the computer boots Tails 36.387

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.354

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.042

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.162

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.717

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:29.603

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.127

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 4.021

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.108

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.913

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.346

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.968

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.964

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.447

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.671

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.544

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.521

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.914

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.276

And all notifications have disappeared 4.332

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.438

# 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 4.436

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 10.969

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.904

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.559

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.436

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.183

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.280

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.291

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.761

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.897

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.507

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:527 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

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	7:25.026	Passed

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