Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs	1	06 Oct 2026, 12:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.803	Passed

18.218

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 6.374

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 11.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.221

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.670

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.874

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.249

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.341

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.018

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 6.383

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.901

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.864

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.359

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.383

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 6.635

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.260

And I warm reboot the computer 0.030

And the computer reboots Tails 44.910

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.545

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.212

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.579

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.646

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.134

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.491

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.112

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

And I start the computer 0.653

And the computer boots Tails 29.670

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.876

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 6.574

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 18.140

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.960

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 6.421

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.138

And all notifications have disappeared 4.101

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.818

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.851

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.629

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.878

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.381

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.855

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.443

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.064

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 6.316

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.904

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

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 4.648

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.655

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.384

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.293

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.123

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.079

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.978

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.409

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.356

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 6.909

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 7.913

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.411

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 0.396

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

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	5:50.803	Passed

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