Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc	1	25 Aug 2026, 18:44

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.798	Passed

18.437

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 6.392

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 11.970

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.344

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.048

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 6.378

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.969

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.421

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.219

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.711

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 6.380

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.148

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.055

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.481

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.171

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.401

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.316

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 6.355

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.391

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.896

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 6.535

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.362

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.311

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.682

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.865

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 0.137

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.779

And the computer boots Tails 31.723

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.209

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.372

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.318

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 18.898

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.953

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 6.395

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.910

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.139

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.565

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.648

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.902

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.887

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.242

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.751

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.646

# 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 4.531

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.624

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.285

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.408

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.008

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.368

# 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" 0.174

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.954

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.270

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.041

And Tor is ready 8.197

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.402

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863

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	5:51.798	Passed

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