Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21575-dirtyfrag	1	08 May 2026, 13:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:33.666	Passed

19.517

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.928

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.516

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.015

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.168

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.279

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.595

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.532

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.794

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.862

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.872

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.399

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.345

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.084

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.235

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.638

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.215

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.805

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.570

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.988

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 0.004

Steps

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

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.376

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 53.790

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.203

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.075

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.930

And the computer boots Tails 35.758

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.706

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.980

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.577

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.999

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.723

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 3.572

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.227

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.670

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.268

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.967

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.353

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.488

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.991

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.271

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.056

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.558

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.863

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.321

# 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 4.316

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.490

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.947

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.460

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.422

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.538

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.988

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.864

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.584

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 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.103

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	6:33.666	Passed

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