Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry	4	01 May 2026, 23:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.207	Passed

19.528

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 6.530

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.920

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.067

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 6.376

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.359

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.231

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.043

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.628

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 6.396

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.427

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.307

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.968

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.288

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.117

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 6.399

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.163

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.259

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.485

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.402

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 6.455

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.957

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 46.259

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.723

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.659

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 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.736

And the computer boots Tails 31.789

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.301

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.635

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.514

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.017

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 6.492

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.327

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.197

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.563

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.650

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.671

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.939

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.199

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.113

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 6.488

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.439

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

# 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 3.990

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.535

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.727

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.978

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.316

# 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" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.370

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 6.498

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.348

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.410

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 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.611

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	5:54.207	Passed

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