Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories	1	25 Jul 2026, 17:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.088	Passed

18.283

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.678

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 11.519

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.230

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.702

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.774

And I wait until Tor is ready 4.399

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.370

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.736

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.040

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.732

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.157

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 0.463

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.393

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.616

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.176

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.116

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.478

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.904

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 6.650

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.262

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.924

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.769

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 0.066

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.852

And the computer boots Tails 34.506

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.334

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.394

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 6.648

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.113

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 18.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.048

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.731

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.649

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.089

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.237

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.684

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.307

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.755

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.874

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.498

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.332

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.527

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.628

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 6.803

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.737

And I capture all network traffic 0.030

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

# 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 4.234

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.685

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.779

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.196

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.435

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.064

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 6.808

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.769

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858

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	6:10.088	Passed

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