Cucumber Reports (no 15) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney	15	06 Aug 2026, 22:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.634	Passed

18.571

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.203

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 12.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.343

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.183

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.842

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.120

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.113

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.073

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.251

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.809

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.441

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.003

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.344

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.376

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.247

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.179

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 41.800

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.138

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.593

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.149

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.887

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.296

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.703

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.262

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 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.036

And I start the computer 0.600

And the computer boots Tails 28.508

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.932

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 6.253

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.528

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.712

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.141

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.192

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.764

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.759

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.161

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.470

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.318

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.065

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.914

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.069

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 6.279

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.797

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.824

# 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 3.924

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.564

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.021

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.286

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.987

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.144

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 6.270

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.066

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 7.425

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.342

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 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733

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	5:45.634	Passed

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