Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21688-strict-umask	4	25 Jul 2026, 04:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.522	Passed

19.232

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.704

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.460

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.699

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.749

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.037

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.696

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.158

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.002

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.998

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.308

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.839

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.206

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.410

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.340

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.790

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.237

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.552

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.752

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.031

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.697

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.346

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.594

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.386

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.840

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 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.100

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.809

And the computer boots Tails 34.600

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.571

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.129

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 18.363

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.166

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.640

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.399

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.221

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.845

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.713

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.688

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.239

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.424

# 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 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.751

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.762

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.379

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

# 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 4.284

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.298

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.481

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.286

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.233

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.363

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.430

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.885

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.073

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.321

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.389

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 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573

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	6:9.522	Passed

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