Cucumber Reports (no 19) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney	19	10 Aug 2026, 22:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.118	Passed

18.667

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.080

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 12.513

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.171

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 18.002

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.932

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.246

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.918

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.927

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 6.089

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.119

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.884

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.337

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.106

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.326

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.422

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 6.180

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.143

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 42.075

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.164

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.161

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.994

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.345

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.337

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 0.074

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

And I start the computer 0.688

And the computer boots Tails 28.529

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.483

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 6.244

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 17.049

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.745

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 6.138

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.129

And all notifications have disappeared 3.868

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 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.724

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.652

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.252

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.239

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.781

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.122

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.324

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.413

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.105

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.411

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.612

# 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 4.532

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.406

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.745

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.280

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.926

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.784

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 6.358

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.133

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.969

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.294

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 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602

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	5:49.118	Passed

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