Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state	7	26 Jul 2026, 03:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:41.617	Passed

27.044

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 20.375

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

42.127

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.812

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.737

And I wait until Tor is ready 23.299

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.215

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.811

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.032

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.463

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.256

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.397

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.706

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.547

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.254

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 52.746

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.149

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.945

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 6.582

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.357

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.998

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.001

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.990

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 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.704

And the computer boots Tails 34.834

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.387

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.436

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.670

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.594

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.359

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.795

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 3.580

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.233

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.478

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.851

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.866

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.963

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.489

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.896

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.780

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.576

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.166

# 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 3.982

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.537

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.276

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.486

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.324

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.355

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.503

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.894

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 6.752

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.681

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.351

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 0.012

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990

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	6:41.617	Passed

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