Cucumber Reports (no 8) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_tps-restart-gnome-software	8	14 Jun 2026, 18:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.891	Passed

18.927

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.900

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 11.962

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.138

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.030

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.990

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.892

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.627

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 0.040

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.993

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.240

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.603

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.181

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.313

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.540

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.031

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.884

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.221

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 46.089

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.339

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.295

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.987

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.312

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.221

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.769

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.588

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.039

Steps

Given a computer 0.227

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.034

And I start the computer 0.727

And the computer boots Tails 33.258

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.574

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 0.030

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.038

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.927

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.125

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.452

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.454

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.988

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.298

And I capture all network traffic 0.016

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.136

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.482

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.286

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.609

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.738

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.869

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.283

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.082

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.940

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.923

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.262

And all notifications have disappeared 3.439

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.672

# 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 4.358

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.555

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.185

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.369

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.282

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.230

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.805

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.805

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.125

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.471

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 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.024

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677

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	6:1.891	Passed

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