Cucumber Reports (no 17) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence	17	15 Aug 2026, 23:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:46.059	Passed

18.480

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.551

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 11.851

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.448

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 6.589

When the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.950

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.924

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.912

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.673

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 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.195

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.964

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.628

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.106

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.063

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.738

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 43.586

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.520

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.793

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.278

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.517

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.326

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.662

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.125

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.663

And the computer boots Tails 29.319

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.051

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

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 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 17.465

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.333

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.361

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.885

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.764

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.808

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.292

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.493

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.657

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.316

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.407

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.344

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.941

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 6.364

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 3.738

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.588

# 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 4.376

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.386

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.507

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.443

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.305

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.965

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.398

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.148

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 6.316

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.068

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 8.389

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.343

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760

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	5:46.059	Passed

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