Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script	5	12 Oct 2026, 01:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.424	Passed

18.693

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 6.339

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.270

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.707

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 6.267

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.888

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.630

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.847

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.607

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 6.182

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.878

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.848

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.168

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.311

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.228

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 6.305

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.629

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.083

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.045

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 6.189

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.865

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.047

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.938

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.595

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 0.093

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

And I start the computer 0.605

And the computer boots Tails 28.842

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.681

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.376

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.166

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.683

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 6.324

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.922

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.685

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.699

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.066

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.838

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.090

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.858

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

# 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 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.506

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 6.275

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.950

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.689

# 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 3.972

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.451

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.817

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" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.080

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.790

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.299

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.674

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 6.263

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

And the network is plugged 0.046

And Tor is ready 7.015

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.282

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 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

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	5:37.424	Passed

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