Cucumber Reports (no 11) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21523-21524-unsafe-browser-onionshare-no-dbus-access	11	02 May 2026, 18:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:43.692	Passed

18.621

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 6.393

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.151

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.526

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 6.468

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.424

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.014

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.535

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.556

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.273

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 6.428

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.704

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.219

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.284

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.366

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.564

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 6.482

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.445

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.405

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.230

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 6.495

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.736

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.770

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.747

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 0.043

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

And I start the computer 0.718

And the computer boots Tails 32.646

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.947

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.621

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.183

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.857

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.422

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.468

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.597

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.859

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.757

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.207

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.373

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 6.444

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.544

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.273

# 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 4.139

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.578

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.664

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.104

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.241

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.550

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.697

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.242

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.521

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

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048

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	6:43.692	Passed

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