Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21636-yelp-from-debian	2	02 Jun 2026, 17:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:33.594	Passed

19.659

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.686

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.833

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.117

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.480

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 6.844

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.467

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.764

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.304

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.713

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.971

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.223

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.451

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.184

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.430

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.379

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.412

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 7.291

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.275

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 55.692

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:6.120

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 6.932

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 57.397

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.594

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.095

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 0.077

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

And I start the computer 0.916

And the computer boots Tails 36.654

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.434

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.701

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.917

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.145

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.565

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.500

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.145

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.257

And all notifications have disappeared 3.460

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.771

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.547

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.016

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.844

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.557

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.124

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.259

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.853

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.674

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.604

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.137

# 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 4.566

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.477

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.781

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.312

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.518

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.401

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.319

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.055

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.074

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 10.281

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.595

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.005

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.901

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	6:33.594	Passed

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