Cucumber Reports (no 9) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11	9	21 Aug 2026, 16:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.852	Passed

19.100

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459

When the network is plugged 0.060

And I successfully configure Tor 12.498

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.823

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.203

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.285

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.339

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.909

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.769

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 6.320

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.728

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.924

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.335

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.140

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.423

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.220

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.949

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.351

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.587

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.668

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.177

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 0.097

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 0.688

And the computer boots Tails 31.308

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.505

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.337

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 18.006

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.408

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.417

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.453

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.718

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.043

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.849

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.769

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.658

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.421

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.455

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.129

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.396

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.207

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.317

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.679

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

# 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 4.077

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.623

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.011

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.356

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.211

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.869

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.397

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.319

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.761

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.233

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 10.057

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.362

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

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	5:49.852	Passed

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