Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry	8	05 May 2026, 00:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.267	Passed

19.714

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 6.462

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.159

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.155

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 6.506

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.128

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.176

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.057

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.442

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.138

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.904

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.210

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.017

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.267

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.113

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 6.358

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.165

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 49.583

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.998

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.061

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.356

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 6.400

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.954

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.111

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.884

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.489

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 0.045

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

And I start the computer 0.729

And the computer boots Tails 32.423

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.279

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 6.493

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.642

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.392

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 6.369

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.352

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.566

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.512

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.210

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.968

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.258

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.665

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 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.358

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.747

# 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 4.381

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.528

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.133

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.327

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.233

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.239

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.042

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 6.491

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.144

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.322

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 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	6:1.267	Passed

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