Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21603-fragnesia	1	14 May 2026, 19:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.757	Passed

19.443

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.387

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.965

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.100

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.386

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.275

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.306

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.054

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.032

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.408

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.059

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.056

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.018

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.258

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.005

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.639

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.421

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.145

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.028

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.352

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.490

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.863

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.125

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.866

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.651

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.791

And the computer boots Tails 33.491

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.311

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.820

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.399

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.266

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.137

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.767

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.484

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.309

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.550

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.943

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.726

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.023

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.219

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.972

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.398

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.211

# 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 4.123

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.630

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.813

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.336

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.387

# 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" 0.277

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.606

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.492

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.118

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.539

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.434

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:531 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:7.757	Passed

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