Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state	4	23 Jul 2026, 14:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.412	Passed

20.095

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 6.911

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.117

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.382

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.838

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.829

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.044

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.396

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.471

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.865

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.731

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.117

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.644

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.664

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 0.472

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.805

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.602

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.252

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.561

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.382

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.984

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 6.738

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.234

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 49.052

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.955

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.762

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.085

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.865

And the computer boots Tails 35.492

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.310

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.187

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.816

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.235

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.517

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.870

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.093

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.722

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.038

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.238

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.326

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.486

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.045

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.776

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.841

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.250

# 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 4.290

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.312

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.563

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.698

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.300

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.417

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.484

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.308

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 6.900

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.843

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.439

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:14.412	Passed

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