Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc	4	29 May 2026, 15:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.922	Passed

18.912

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.760

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.081

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.810

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.361

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.536

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.265

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.477

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.904

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.482

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 0.439

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.993

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.804

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.491

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.282

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.749

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.526

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.468

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.223

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.769

And the computer boots Tails 34.138

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.986

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.693

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.145

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.049

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.489

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 3.542

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.126

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.191

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.822

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.109

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.469

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.437

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.995

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.266

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.097

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.500

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.475

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.280

# 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 4.022

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.513

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.449

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.418

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.089

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.837

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.664

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.484

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:531 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:12.922	Passed

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