Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12	1	02 Sep 2026, 18:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.928	Passed

18.398

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 6.330

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 11.980

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.297

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 6.649

When the network is plugged 0.653

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.954

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.937

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.064

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.263

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 6.607

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.848

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.673

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.123

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 0.728

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.268

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.803

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 44.270

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.957

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.834

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 6.363

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.477

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.438

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.550

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.164

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 0.124

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

And I start the computer 0.635

And the computer boots Tails 30.336

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.406

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.530

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 17.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.256

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.419

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.960

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.634

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.103

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.961

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.514

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.503

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.116

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.451

# 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 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.980

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 6.495

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 3.893

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.649

# 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 4.488

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.349

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.450

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.935

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.403

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.342

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.058

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.981

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.601

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.321

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.013

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

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	5:50.928	Passed

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