Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21603-fragnesia	3	15 May 2026, 17:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.302	Passed

19.080

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.431

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.483

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.698

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.789

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.806

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.129

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.961

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.849

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.193

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.989

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.253

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.503

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.150

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.770

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.180

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.251

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.833

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.993

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.995

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.701

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.706

And the computer boots Tails 32.631

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.181

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.498

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.546

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.010

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.484

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.085

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.200

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.511

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.621

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.273

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.513

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.112

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.208

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.611

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.063

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.469

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.439

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.234

# 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 3.942

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.600

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.747

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.346

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.220

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.203

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.064

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.457

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

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.112

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.395

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:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:1.302	Passed

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