Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21691-gitlab-triage-use-trusted-image	7	26 Jul 2026, 21:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.444	Passed

20.474

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.741

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 13.654

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.645

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 0.001

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.502

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.258

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.165

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.469

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.872

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.567

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.023

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.349

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.423

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.477

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.296

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.076

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.860

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.416

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 6.901

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.513

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.352

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.643

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.315

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

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

And I start the computer 0.859

And the computer boots Tails 35.873

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.489

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.436

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.119

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 19.127

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.434

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.247

And all notifications have disappeared 3.521

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.910

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.012

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.846

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.660

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.346

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.483

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.427

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.800

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.673

And I capture all network traffic 0.015

And the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.779

# 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 4.231

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.605

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.677

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.380

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.398

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.488

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.436

# 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" 0.299

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.346

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.805

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.065

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005

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	6:16.444	Passed

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