Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21569-fix-gnome-software-notifications	1	02 Oct 2026, 17:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.422	Passed

18.245

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.279

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 11.903

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.390

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.364

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.845

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.257

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.852

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.465

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.394

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.152

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.729

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.479

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.290

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

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:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.124

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.367

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.428

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.135

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.543

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.107

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.012

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.982

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.196

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.621

And the computer boots Tails 29.440

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.840

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.289

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 18.405

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.161

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.257

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.759

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.178

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.760

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.876

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.949

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.937

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.407

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.116

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.637

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.332

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 4.019

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.244

# 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 3.982

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.314

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.724

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.145

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.176

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.555

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.171

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.818

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.449

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 7.961

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.302

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:48.422	Passed

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