Cucumber Reports (no 10) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney	10	31 Jul 2026, 22:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.504	Passed

18.395

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.117

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 12.191

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.143

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.098

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.803

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.853

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.310

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.100

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.017

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.141

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.051

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.956

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.679

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.891

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.332

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.987

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.055

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.165

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.193

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.566

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.433

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.322

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.085

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.782

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.202

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.290

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.070

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

And I start the computer 0.635

And the computer boots Tails 28.527

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.232

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 6.129

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 16.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.727

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.280

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.187

And all notifications have disappeared 3.468

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.728

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.770

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.456

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.903

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.069

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.910

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.358

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.267

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.169

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 3.233

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.591

# 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 4.201

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.258

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.435

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.248

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.457

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.077

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.544

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.317

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.037

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.083

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.513

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.306

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 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

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	5:47.504	Passed

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