Cucumber Reports (no 12) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs	12	16 Oct 2026, 05:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:31.297	Passed

19.106

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.217

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 12.830

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.022

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.419

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 6.309

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.748

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.398

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.887

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.339

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 6.178

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.150

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.336

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.485

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.325

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.055

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.201

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.156

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 40.559

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.127

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.834

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.409

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.405

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 40.616

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.397

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.207

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.135

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.593

And the computer boots Tails 28.422

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.778

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.410

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.807

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.242

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.131

And all notifications have disappeared 3.842

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.803

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.640

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.142

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.889

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.315

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.080

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.216

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.229

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.823

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.756

# 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 4.008

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.268

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.646

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.324

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.155

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.874

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# 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" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.532

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.174

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

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 6.962

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.291

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 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025

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	5:31.297	Passed

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