Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout	2	18 Aug 2026, 12:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:29.055	Passed

19.356

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 3.293

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 15.978

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.131

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.234

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.891

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.738

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.567

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.054

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.146

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.978

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.606

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.366

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 0.338

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.579

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 2.928

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.533

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.877

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.673

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 3.390

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.273

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.030

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.971

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.738

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 0.078

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.674

And the computer boots Tails 30.905

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.814

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 3.097

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 19.538

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.037

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 3.125

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.122

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.966

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.848

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.308

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.832

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.513

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.080

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.148

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.467

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

47.794

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 3.357

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 2.922

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.698

# 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 4.767

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.698

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.450

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.431

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.146

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.218

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.183

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.363

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 2.962

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.063

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 10.974

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.328

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539

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	5:29.055	Passed

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