Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script	2	09 Oct 2026, 01:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.408	Passed

18.968

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 6.429

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.467

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.664

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.387

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.855

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.464

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.886

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.976

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.329

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.136

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.940

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.565

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.569

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.345

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.333

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.026

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 6.275

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.972

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.566

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.768

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.404

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.377

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.680

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.300

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.287

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.077

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

And I start the computer 0.630

And the computer boots Tails 29.527

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.522

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.388

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 16.993

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.003

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 6.209

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.814

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.072

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.763

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.771

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.353

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.109

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.290

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.855

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

# 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 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.693

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 6.378

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.129

And all notifications have disappeared 3.859

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.684

# 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 4.021

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.290

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.306

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.930

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.309

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.221

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.906

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# 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" 0.174

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.498

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 6.163

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 6.826

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.368

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 0.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

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	5:41.408	Passed

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