Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs	5	09 Oct 2026, 05:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.257	Passed

18.998

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 6.249

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 12.691

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.813

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.354

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.952

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.152

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.255

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.451

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 6.210

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.889

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.830

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.879

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.378

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.878

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 6.187

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.202

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 41.721

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.759

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.213

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 6.221

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.993

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.575

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.417

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.869

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.077

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 29.141

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.809

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 6.317

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.167

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.254

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.203

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 17.977

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.672

And I capture all network traffic 0.010

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.816

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.617

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.189

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.649

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.070

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.331

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.270

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.133

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.124

And all notifications have disappeared 3.637

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.852

# 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 4.140

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.257

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.876

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.326

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.153

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.088

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.952

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.315

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.170

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.746

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 6.268

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 7.042

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.320

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

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	5:50.257	Passed

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