Cucumber Reports (no 11) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-tshark-leak-detection	11	19 Jun 2026, 12:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.577	Passed

19.778

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 6.548

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 13.129

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.141

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.818

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.873

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.376

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.004

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.103

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.937

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.454

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.546

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.404

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 0.544

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.269

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.941

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.204

And I warm reboot the computer 0.032

And the computer reboots Tails 53.319

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.772

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.376

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.981

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 6.895

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.091

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.828

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.161

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.419

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.875

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.130

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.986

And the computer boots Tails 34.414

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.334

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.328

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 7.149

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.122

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.991

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.941

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 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.876

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.580

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.411

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.880

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.224

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.284

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.245

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 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.194

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.816

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.578

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.351

# 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 4.460

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.610

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.673

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.399

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.641

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.501

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.963

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.945

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.529

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.334

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	6:17.577	Passed

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