Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs	3	07 Oct 2026, 06:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.018	Passed

20.094

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.415

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 13.607

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.986

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 6.362

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.945

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.658

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.931

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.910

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 6.485

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.537

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.450

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 0.326

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.009

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.427

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.889

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.473

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.698

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.494

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.984

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.386

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

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

And I start the computer 0.605

And the computer boots Tails 29.613

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.640

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 6.305

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 17.174

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.935

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.268

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

And all notifications have disappeared 2.739

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.735

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.853

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.826

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.299

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.315

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.075

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.938

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.406

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.142

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.478

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.467

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.792

# 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 4.085

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.337

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.413

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.154

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.917

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.338

# 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" 0.249

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.214

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 6.425

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 7.265

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

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	5:40.018	Passed

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