Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access	8	29 Apr 2026, 18:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.106	Passed

19.990

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.585

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.350

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.701

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 6.345

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.898

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.913

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.491

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.614

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 6.350

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.197

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.735

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.896

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.213

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.279

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.543

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.238

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.744

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.748

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.976

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 6.388

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.597

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.975

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.009

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.780

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 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.743

And the computer boots Tails 31.923

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.981

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 6.441

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.382

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.494

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 6.330

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.696

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.082

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.263

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.522

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.672

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.668

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.299

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.903

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 6.455

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.486

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

# 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 4.029

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.435

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.224

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.144

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.383

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 6.482

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.325

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.481

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

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	6:0.106	Passed

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