Cucumber Reports (no 13) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs	13	17 Oct 2026, 05:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.344	Passed

18.217

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.442

When the network is plugged 0.045

And I successfully configure Tor 11.692

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.320

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 6.317

When the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.867

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.957

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.083

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.964

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 6.478

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.118

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.833

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.930

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.177

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.352

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.023

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 6.188

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.566

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.605

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.224

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.378

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.094

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.903

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.638

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.086

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

And I start the computer 0.633

And the computer boots Tails 29.854

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.104

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 6.273

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.130

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.628

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.813

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 6.581

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.726

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.678

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.660

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.272

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.630

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.857

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.374

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.729

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 6.305

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.241

And all notifications have disappeared 3.935

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.759

# 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 4.149

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.651

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.136

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.285

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.866

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.339

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.927

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 6.381

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 7.037

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.398

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 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

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	5:39.344	Passed

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