Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features	2	12 Nov 2026, 20:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.630	Passed

19.701

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 6.635

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.985

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.594

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 6.775

When the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.911

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.668

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.151

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.594

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.600

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.118

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 0.384

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.809

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.476

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.188

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.875

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.155

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 6.712

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.446

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.909

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.916

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 0.078

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.621

And the computer boots Tails 30.151

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.099

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 6.565

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.404

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.611

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 6.271

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 3.584

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.814

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.749

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.461

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.214

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.311

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.195

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.276

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.571

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 3.648

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.064

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

# 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 4.197

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.369

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.066

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.152

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.402

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.338

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.872

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 6.396

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 7.003

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.379

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 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

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	5:47.630	Passed

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