Cucumber Reports (no 16) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs	16	20 Oct 2026, 05:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.501	Passed

18.706

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.456

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.178

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.564

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 6.392

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.785

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.244

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.022

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.887

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 6.262

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.195

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.795

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.493

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.711

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.341

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.715

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 6.134

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.166

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.005

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.399

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.030

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 6.130

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.910

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.169

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.815

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.832

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.096

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

And I start the computer 0.646

And the computer boots Tails 29.035

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.132

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 6.151

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.065

When the network is plugged 0.050

And I successfully configure Tor 16.844

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.890

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.411

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.319

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.730

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.598

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.688

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.008

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.312

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.907

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.299

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.183

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.752

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

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 4.016

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.475

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.715

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.333

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.790

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# 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" 0.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.443

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 6.203

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.060

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 6.706

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.423

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.119

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	5:34.501	Passed

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