Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21615-debian-security-updates-supersede-custom-packages	1	25 May 2026, 15:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.817	Passed

20.359

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.632

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.629

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.177

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 6.578

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.043

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.230

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.677

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 6.748

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.316

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.440

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.600

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.250

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.247

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.958

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 6.908

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.974

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.855

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.233

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 6.618

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.606

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.453

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.547

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.270

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.077

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

And I start the computer 0.792

And the computer boots Tails 33.340

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.411

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 6.930

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.103

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.300

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.161

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: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 system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.265

And all notifications have disappeared 3.487

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.249

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.718

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.696

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.825

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.083

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

53.390

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.525

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.274

And all notifications have disappeared 3.469

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

# 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 4.337

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.423

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.483

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.830

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.996

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.495

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.130

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.176

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.913

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.115

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 7.688

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.436

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 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925

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	6:11.817	Passed

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