Cucumber Reports (no 12) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings	12	15 Oct 2026, 21:48

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:43.755	Passed

16.932

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 6.214

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 10.646

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.768

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 6.120

When the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.811

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.793

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.964

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.082

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.276

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.145

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.880

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.018

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.350

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.327

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.737

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 17.923

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.126

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.460

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.100

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 6.195

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.905

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.280

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.715

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.796

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given a computer 0.155

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

And I start the computer 0.688

And the computer boots Tails 28.898

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.343

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 6.130

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 18.039

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.894

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 6.232

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.789

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.809

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.634

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.579

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.880

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.848

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.308

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.127

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 6.170

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.914

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.852

# 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 4.159

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.654

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.873

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.887

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.197

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

13.972

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 6.098

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.062

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 6.466

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.316

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

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	5:43.755	Passed

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