Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21170-upgrade-trixie-13.5	2	18 May 2026, 16:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:13.514	Passed

20.392

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.795

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 13.504

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.628

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.502

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.115

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.772

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.175

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.539

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.485

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.815

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.165

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 0.298

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.959

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.228

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.421

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.715

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.059

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.727

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.337

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.476

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.512

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.093

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.068

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.796

And the computer boots Tails 34.888

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.329

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.578

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.314

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.657

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.486

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.762

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.605

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.242

And I capture all network traffic 0.016

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.824

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.315

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.033

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.902

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.440

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.355

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.603

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.567

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.167

# 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 3.961

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.500

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.675

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.504

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.009

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.247

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.410

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.544

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

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 8.308

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.425

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:13.514	Passed

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