Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21771-test-reliable-celluloid-open	4	08 Sep 2026, 03:43

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.309	Passed

18.134

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 6.266

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 11.786

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.291

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.327

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.899

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.016

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.979

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.535

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 6.207

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.914

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.733

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.120

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.358

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.909

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 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.312

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.167

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.006

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.414

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.235

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 6.181

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.059

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.973

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.613

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 0.071

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

And I start the computer 0.636

And the computer boots Tails 28.858

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.343

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 6.358

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 16.831

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.424

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 6.221

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.626

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.705

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.397

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.250

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.073

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.881

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.351

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.213

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.505

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.790

# 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 3.750

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.594

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.634

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.263

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.161

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.323

# 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" 0.299

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.469

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 6.259

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

And the network is plugged 0.052

And Tor is ready 8.763

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.312

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 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001

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	5:38.309	Passed

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