Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21582-stable-flatpak-project-on-jenkins	1	03 Sep 2026, 20:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.397	Passed

19.320

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.690

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.495

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.496

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.452

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.128

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.196

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.453

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.858

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.889

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.941

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.718

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.570

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.505

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.846

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.281

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.251

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.658

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.647

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:7.078

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.962

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.119

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.902

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.813

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.645

And the computer boots Tails 30.981

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.093

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.472

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 6.536

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 18.735

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.101

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.304

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.260

And all notifications have disappeared 3.573

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.224

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.682

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.334

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.654

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.728

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.189

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.536

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.318

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.370

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.304

# 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 3.795

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.539

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.187

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.274

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.165

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.197

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.396

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.918

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.434

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

And the network is plugged 0.031

And Tor is ready 8.880

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.478

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.366

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072

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	6:7.397	Passed

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