Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21798-fix-new-identity-test	1	29 Sep 2026, 18:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.462	Passed

19.478

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.407

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 12.994

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.267

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.931

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.714

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.125

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.971

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.678

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.265

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.729

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.038

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.729

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.426

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.877

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.440

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.249

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 44.377

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.792

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.170

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 6.689

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.477

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.668

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.330

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.997

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.088

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

And I start the computer 0.688

And the computer boots Tails 32.147

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.885

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 6.457

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

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 18.279

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.414

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 6.309

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.428

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.649

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.021

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.166

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.666

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.107

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.946

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.362

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.445

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.451

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.231

And all notifications have disappeared 4.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

# 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 4.081

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.182

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.385

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.869

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.327

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.161

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.252

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.647

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.953

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.479

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.099

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 8.017

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.313

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 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.435

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	5:52.462	Passed

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