Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21790-tor-0.4.9.13	1	24 Sep 2026, 16:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:35.708	Passed

18.634

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 6.428

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.138

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.484

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 6.608

When the network is plugged 0.084

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.641

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.896

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.466

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.553

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 6.394

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.142

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.999

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.187

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.394

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.361

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 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.724

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 6.465

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 47.766

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:19.912

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 30.586

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.342

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.157

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.820

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.422

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.079

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.652

And the computer boots Tails 30.619

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.010

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 18.283

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:8.558

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.420

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.771

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.679

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.129

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.472

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.689

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.273

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.313

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 2.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.035

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 0.041

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.033

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.735

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.227

And all notifications have disappeared 3.797

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.868

# 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 4.492

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.293

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.781

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.060

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.167

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.199

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.122

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.534

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.371

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.656

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.307

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.293

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 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

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	6:35.708	Passed

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