Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21578-test-suite-pure-disk-boot	2	16 Jun 2026, 02:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.320	Passed

19.278

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.041

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.904

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.315

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.085

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.882

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.447

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.414

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.270

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.459

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.839

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.395

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.535

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.058

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.306

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.640

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.053

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 48.041

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.904

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.837

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.072

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.727

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.021

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given a computer 0.207

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.046

And I start the computer 0.904

And the computer boots Tails 33.520

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.155

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.972

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.143

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.703

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.355

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 3.524

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.682

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.942

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.796

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.793

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.394

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.319

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 0.038

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.975

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.521

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.301

# 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 3.982

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.489

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.860

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

# "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 5.289

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.359

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.751

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.153

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 9.044

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.466

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 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.435

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809

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	6:10.320	Passed

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