Cucumber Reports (no 18) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney	18	09 Aug 2026, 22:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.274	Passed

26.635

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 6.182

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 20.382

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.006

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.457

When the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.994

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 19.065

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.409

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.024

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 6.138

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.163

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.002

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 16.379

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.935

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.330

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.283

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.245

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.230

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.383

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.416

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.876

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.253

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.632

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.913

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.467

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.101

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.753

And the computer boots Tails 29.550

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.443

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 6.302

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.134

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.925

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.403

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.713

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.610

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.846

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 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.717

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.685

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.515

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.233

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.850

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.323

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.255

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 6.416

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.639

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.691

# 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 4.163

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.300

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.948

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.304

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.087

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.567

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 6.155

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 6.934

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.372

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:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

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	6:4.274	Passed

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