Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings	7	10 Oct 2026, 21:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:46.074	Passed

17.976

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.364

When the network is plugged 0.049

And I successfully configure Tor 11.531

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.192

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.372

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.969

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.721

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.048

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.725

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.511

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.991

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

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.623

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.331

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.570

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.223

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.556

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.604

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.662

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 6.405

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.263

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.269

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.718

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.048

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.086

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.022

And I start the computer 0.809

And the computer boots Tails 31.079

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.967

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 6.228

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.148

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.527

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.736

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 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 4.033

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.925

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.537

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.621

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.951

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.072

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.314

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.971

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 6.197

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 4.066

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.713

# 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 4.357

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.632

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.898

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.277

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.144

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.425

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.223

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.393

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.334

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

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	5:46.074	Passed

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