Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21751-test-cloudflare-dns-server	2	23 Sep 2026, 09:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.635	Passed

19.000

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 6.302

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.616

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.122

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 6.322

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.937

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.828

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.175

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 6.255

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.006

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.284

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.378

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 6.537

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.142

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.168

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.522

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.129

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 18.067

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.068

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.327

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.661

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.664

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" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.727

And the computer boots Tails 29.802

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.106

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.403

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.538

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.706

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 6.251

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 4.059

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.827

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.827

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.242

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.569

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.905

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.940

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.793

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 6.091

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.088

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.953

# 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 3.994

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.403

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.539

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.295

# "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" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.908

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.453

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.353

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.558

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 6.238

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.928

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.278

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.382

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:54.635	Passed

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