Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_late-patch-improvements	2	13 Nov 2026, 00:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.239	Passed

17.927

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 6.150

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 11.708

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.743

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.175

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.794

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.892

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.812

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.384

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.269

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.217

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.675

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.334

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 6.239

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.003

And the computer reboots Tails 41.102

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.783

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.124

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.222

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.897

And I warm reboot the computer 0.003

And the computer reboots Tails 41.743

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.256

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.805

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 0.079

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.595

And the computer boots Tails 29.073

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.187

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.197

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.063

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 16.872

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.358

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 6.157

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.660

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.648

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.967

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.168

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.528

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.337

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.883

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.540

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 6.136

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.752

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.637

# 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 4.406

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.267

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.367

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.154

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.195

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 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.831

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.227

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 7.115

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.395

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

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	5:34.239	Passed

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