Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11	1	20 Aug 2026, 13:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.432	Passed

19.394

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 0.002

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 12.615

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.321

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 6.543

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.729

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.669

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.290

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.859

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 6.544

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.861

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.949

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.429

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.377

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 6.212

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.290

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 44.768

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.096

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.166

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.361

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.810

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.457

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.532

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.680

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" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.698

And the computer boots Tails 30.843

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.846

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.492

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 18.193

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.161

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 4.098

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.333

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.652

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.773

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.554

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.934

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.360

# 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 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.972

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.363

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 4.264

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.674

# 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 4.606

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.444

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.857

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.282

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.145

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.652

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.461

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 8.701

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

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	5:51.432	Passed

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