Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc	3	19 Sep 2026, 06:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:41.162	Passed

18.551

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.311

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 12.180

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.890

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 6.390

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.074

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.458

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.728

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 6.213

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.821

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.392

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.684

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.341

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.322

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.385

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.624

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.091

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.500

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.581

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 43.188

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.814

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.178

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 0.090

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.678

And the computer boots Tails 29.349

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.781

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 6.407

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.219

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.949

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 6.194

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.240

And all notifications have disappeared 3.884

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.092

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.623

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.730

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.131

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.303

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.108

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.323

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.798

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 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 4.063

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.920

# 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 4.262

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.298

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.130

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.298

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.114

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.362

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.868

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.303

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.091

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.352

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

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	5:41.162	Passed

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