Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21615-debian-security-updates-supersede-custom-packages	2	26 May 2026, 01:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.616	Passed

19.431

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 6.408

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.971

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.288

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 6.614

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.387

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.812

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.413

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.049

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.595

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.452

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.332

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.132

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 0.308

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.220

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.164

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.197

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.887

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 6.573

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.313

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.974

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.256

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.768

And the computer boots Tails 32.383

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.475

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.519

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.826

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.462

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 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 3.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.516

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.669

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.248

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.916

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.212

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.082

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 6.588

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.245

# 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 3.926

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.542

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.895

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.344

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.238

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.462

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.409

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.111

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.526

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 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:1.616	Passed

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