Cucumber Reports (no 9) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access	9	30 Apr 2026, 18:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.585	Passed

20.126

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 6.524

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.538

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.662

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 6.652

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.313

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.120

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.503

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.285

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 6.562

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.614

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.399

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.171

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.257

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.588

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 6.795

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.516

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.323

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.534

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.786

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.676

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.252

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.091

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.753

And the computer boots Tails 34.075

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.788

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 6.500

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 20.080

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.560

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.964

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.669

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.554

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.136

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.910

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.876

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.243

# 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 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.133

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.803

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.724

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

# 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 3.976

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.617

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.074

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.356

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.358

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.935

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.289

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.862

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 6.634

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.654

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.463

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 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695

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	6:12.585	Passed

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