Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21734-bump-snapshot-restore-timeout	7	20 Aug 2026, 16:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.343	Passed

18.721

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.368

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.281

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.792

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 6.510

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.376

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.500

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.310

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 6.711

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.328

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.359

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.361

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.054

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 0.405

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.531

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.118

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.191

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.031

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.184

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.808

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.893

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.922

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.139

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.849

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.885

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.091

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.689

And the computer boots Tails 30.028

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.385

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 6.569

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 17.651

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.029

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 6.604

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.237

And all notifications have disappeared 3.756

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.104

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.575

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.711

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.752

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.316

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.574

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.676

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.627

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 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.587

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.429

# 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 4.061

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.628

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.030

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.321

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.138

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.342

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.553

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.082

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.188

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.250

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.775

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 7.986

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.368

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 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:56.343	Passed

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