Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry	1	28 Apr 2026, 23:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.073	Passed

19.098

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

When the network is plugged 0.043

And I successfully configure Tor 12.359

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.721

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.651

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.409

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.242

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.328

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.405

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 6.779

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.171

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.428

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.299

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.274

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.091

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.339

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 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.402

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 6.596

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.868

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.737

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.089

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 6.561

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.546

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 50.703

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.270

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.097

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.748

And the computer boots Tails 33.896

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.391

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.800

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.784

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.868

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.998

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 6.532

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.792

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.250

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.809

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.755

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.893

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.625

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.376

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.255

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.881

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 6.504

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 3.592

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.345

# 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 4.346

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.190

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.616

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.408

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.156

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.578

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

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 8.185

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.592

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 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860

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	6:14.073	Passed

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