Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21348-migrate-away-from-sysadmin-team-container-images	4	17 Jun 2026, 19:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.151	Passed

20.614

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.407

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.130

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.773

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.049

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.060

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.432

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.254

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.919

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.062

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.025

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.167

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.277

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.495

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.366

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.374

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.150

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.407

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.578

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.058

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.066

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.032

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.062

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.308

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.657

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.795

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.154

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 0.785

And the computer boots Tails 34.507

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.515

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.985

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.175

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.770

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.160

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.650

And I capture all network traffic 0.029

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.255

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.541

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.850

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.870

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.371

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.988

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.409

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.082

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.227

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.995

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.288

And all notifications have disappeared 3.607

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.079

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.339

# 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 4.142

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.501

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.273

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.447

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.160

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.456

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.987

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.026

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.163

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.375

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.384

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 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972

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	6:17.151	Passed

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