Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21641-update-moat-frontends	1	13 Aug 2026, 15:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.765	Passed

18.696

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.393

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.224

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.956

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 6.326

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.871

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.774

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.910

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.527

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.294

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.301

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.379

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.167

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.338

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.987

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.541

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.230

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 45.378

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.823

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.756

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.359

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.440

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.762

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.187

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.432

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.094

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.016

And I start the computer 0.743

And the computer boots Tails 30.498

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.730

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 6.652

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

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.858

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.104

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.289

And all notifications have disappeared 3.781

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.626

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.046

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.829

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.600

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.435

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.153

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.435

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.731

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.272

# 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 4.133

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.461

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.626

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.916

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.304

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.210

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.190

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.365

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.421

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.610

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 8.299

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.385

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

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	5:52.765	Passed

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