Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11	5	20 Aug 2026, 15:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.165	Passed

19.045

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.470

When the network is plugged 0.078

And I successfully configure Tor 12.455

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.752

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 6.326

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.797

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.508

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.018

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.719

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 18.482

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.571

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.859

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.361

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.190

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.259

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.188

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 44.777

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.955

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.923

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.749

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.160

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.754

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.362

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.096

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.031

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 30.463

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.532

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.540

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.219

When the network is plugged 0.069

And I successfully configure Tor 17.666

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.680

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 6.527

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.725

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.803

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.662

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.266

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.841

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.634

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.307

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.096

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.392

# 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 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.010

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 6.734

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 4.016

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.607

# 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 4.342

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.295

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.818

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.876

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.274

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.187

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.988

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.354

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.147

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.947

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 6.288

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.370

And the network is plugged 0.051

And Tor is ready 7.890

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.342

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 0.964

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	6:1.165	Passed

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