Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14	3	29 Sep 2026, 18:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:46.514	Passed

18.476

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.369

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 12.039

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.660

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.372

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.046

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.184

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.980

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.542

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.268

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.155

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.972

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.734

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.004

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.316

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.302

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.319

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.264

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 43.046

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.666

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.093

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 6.256

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.844

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.388

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.600

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.588

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.613

And the computer boots Tails 29.838

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.315

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 6.231

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.932

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.161

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 6.191

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.366

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.865

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.679

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.404

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.384

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.417

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.968

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.344

# 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 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.177

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.680

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.036

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.842

# 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 4.039

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.658

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.890

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.310

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.380

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.074

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.332

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.353

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.194

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 6.242

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 7.461

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.355

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

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	5:46.514	Passed

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