Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21578-test-suite-pure-disk-boot	1	15 Jun 2026, 16:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:40.460	Passed

21.948

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.049

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.123

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 13.754

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.114

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.781

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.822

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.085

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.178

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.687

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.814

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.815

And I capture all network traffic 0.095

And the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.450

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.398

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.546

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.472

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.524

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.691

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.305

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 55.261

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.973

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.826

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.165

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 56.293

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.680

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.053

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given a computer 0.205

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 0.884

And the computer boots Tails 36.565

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.368

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.790

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.628

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.187

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.897

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.519

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.369

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.245

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.494

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.654

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.417

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.058

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.945

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.383

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.982

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.435

# 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 0.480

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.391

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.068

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.217

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.291

# 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 4.627

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.356

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.545

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.936

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.333

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.269

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.426

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.606

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.644

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.205

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 9.105

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.558

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 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

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	6:40.460	Passed

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