Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21751-test-cloudflare-dns-server	1	22 Sep 2026, 14:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.751	Passed

18.344

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 6.175

When the network is plugged 0.047

And I successfully configure Tor 12.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.680

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.348

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.898

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.536

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.816

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.698

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.410

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.240

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.929

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.744

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.939

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.342

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.987

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 6.308

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 43.141

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.521

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 6.334

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.197

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.919

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.074

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.119

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

And I start the computer 0.702

And the computer boots Tails 30.181

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.722

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.364

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.146

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.144

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.253

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 6.460

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.793

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.631

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.818

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.992

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.467

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.316

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.850

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.342

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.430

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 6.267

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.127

And all notifications have disappeared 3.374

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.089

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.855

# 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 4.219

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.514

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.517

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.360

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.909

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.431

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.165

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.038

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 6.311

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

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 7.184

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.438

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 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905

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	5:40.751	Passed

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