Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state	8	27 Jul 2026, 03:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.391	Passed

20.073

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.696

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 13.270

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.381

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.714

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.933

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.141

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.681

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 6.598

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.269

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.383

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.777

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.136

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 0.457

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.362

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 6.755

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.631

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.769

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.906

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 6.686

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.769

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.283

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.796

And the computer boots Tails 34.141

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.434

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.609

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.112

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.656

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.129

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 6.892

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.366

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.144

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.491

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.007

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.716

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.387

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.078

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.422

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.433

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.148

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.399

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.153

# 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 3.980

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.577

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.225

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.499

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.974

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.379

# 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" 0.226

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.706

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 6.812

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.436

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.356

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821

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	6:12.391	Passed

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