Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_tps-restart-gnome-software	6	12 Jun 2026, 18:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.611	Passed

19.086

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.792

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.229

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.486

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.848

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.806

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.688

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.281

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.847

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.393

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.352

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.014

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.411

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.752

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.870

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.415

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.229

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.001

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.864

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.128

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.110

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.892

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.211

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given a computer 0.194

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 0.706

And the computer boots Tails 32.990

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.715

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.024

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.188

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.439

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.451

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.907

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.360

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.200

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.513

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.619

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.337

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.078

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.165

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.899

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.747

And I capture all network traffic 0.028

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.244

# 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 3.986

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.607

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.603

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.394

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.100

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.460

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.115

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 6.928

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.432

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 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978

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	6:3.611	Passed

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