Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state	2	23 Jul 2026, 03:46

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.189	Passed

19.460

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 6.666

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 12.733

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.549

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.542

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.837

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.876

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.220

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.969

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 6.608

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.151

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.024

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.737

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.950

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 0.411

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 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.219

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.555

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.816

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.058

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.465

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.598

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.328

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.660

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.956

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.741

And the computer boots Tails 32.849

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.417

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 17.670

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.777

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.604

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.579

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.771

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.756

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.664

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.860

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.002

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.402

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.719

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.500

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.639

# 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 4.319

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.464

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.181

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.217

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.268

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.378

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.060

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 6.356

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.248

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.363

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 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946

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	5:58.189	Passed

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