Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_drop-net-dns-warning	1	22 May 2026, 18:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.268	Passed

20.640

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.850

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.568

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.926

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.254

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.700

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.611

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.541

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.668

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.491

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.715

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.187

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.235

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.732

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.689

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.020

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 6.782

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 54.042

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.949

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.673

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.836

And the computer boots Tails 36.378

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.788

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.708

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.135

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 18.842

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.192

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 7.154

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.350

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.393

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.527

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.275

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.110

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.620

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.457

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.236

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.584

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.370

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.853

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.364

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314

# 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 4.440

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.647

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.799

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

# "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" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.004

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.740

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.898

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.121

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.256

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.439

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 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.146

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	6:22.268	Passed

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