Cucumber Reports (no 20) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney	20	11 Aug 2026, 22:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.693	Passed

17.564

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 6.092

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 11.360

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.700

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.201

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.880

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.444

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.105

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.807

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 6.212

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.124

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.751

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.051

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.850

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 6.141

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 41.845

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.676

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.201

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.256

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.948

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.172

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.818

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.453

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 0.003

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 0.659

And the computer boots Tails 28.652

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.469

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.035

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 6.207

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.666

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.190

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 6.154

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 4.021

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 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.682

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.265

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.407

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.280

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.088

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.795

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.846

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.206

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.126

And all notifications have disappeared 3.886

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.738

# 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 4.253

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

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" 14.913

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.271

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.900

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.311

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.044

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.250

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 17.397

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.295

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 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817

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	5:45.693	Passed

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