Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21773-wait-for-appstream-before-snapshot	2	28 Oct 2026, 18:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.804	Passed

19.775

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.397

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 13.294

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.345

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.605

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.895

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.663

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.102

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.784

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.398

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.854

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.957

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.975

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.370

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.672

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.390

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.384

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.504

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.384

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.945

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 6.483

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.461

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.846

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.921

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" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.781

And the computer boots Tails 30.993

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.159

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 6.513

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 19.454

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.026

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.790

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 4.106

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.211

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.632

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.578

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.218

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.932

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.464

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.884

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.458

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.641

# 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 4.222

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.668

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.928

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.304

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.160

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.197

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.161

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.290

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

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

And the network is plugged 0.042

And Tor is ready 7.253

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

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	5:53.804	Passed

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