Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21706-dont-use-efficient-cores	5	11 Aug 2026, 21:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.868	Passed

30.004

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 18.033

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 11.875

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.310

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 6.241

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.765

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.933

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.275

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.736

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 6.210

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.772

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.037

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.339

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.982

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.208

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.164

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 42.081

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.519

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.447

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.292

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 6.429

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.874

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.371

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.610

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.743

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 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.602

And the computer boots Tails 30.016

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.357

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.345

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 16.850

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.559

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.257

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 3.637

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.941

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.515

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.192

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.501

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.403

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.079

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.306

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.655

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.152

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.129

And all notifications have disappeared 3.606

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.766

# 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 3.855

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.407

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.327

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.318

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.943

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.341

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.152

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.226

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 6.138

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 7.711

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.266

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 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

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	5:48.868	Passed

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