Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access	6	23 Apr 2026, 18:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:21.687	Passed

19.372

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.738

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.702

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 6.590

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.276

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.532

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.239

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.512

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 6.594

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.186

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.606

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.534

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.280

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.245

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.169

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.537

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.191

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.155

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:26.295

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 18.534

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.767

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.006

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.979

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.611

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.748

And the computer boots Tails 32.522

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.476

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.664

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 6.690

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.842

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.385

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 6.560

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.263

And all notifications have disappeared 3.639

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.419

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.587

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.792

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.363

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.574

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.270

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.104

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.702

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

# 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 4.188

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.404

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.101

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.372

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.187

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.217

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.867

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.835

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.348

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642

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	7:21.687	Passed

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