Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21546-release-process-fix-isos-git	1	07 May 2026, 19:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.128	Passed

18.906

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.506

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.325

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.517

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.541

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.285

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.457

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.140

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.133

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.276

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.554

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.146

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.889

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.125

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.165

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.303

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.508

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.582

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.347

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 48.226

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.225

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.583

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.645

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.705

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.285

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.749

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.046

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.735

And the computer boots Tails 34.668

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.361

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.497

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.711

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.966

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.699

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.602

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.105

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.580

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.797

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.868

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.872

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.184

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.615

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.634

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.575

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

# 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 3.984

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.459

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.673

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.234

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.323

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.292

# 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" 0.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.000

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.695

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.778

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421

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:527 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	6:7.128	Passed

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