Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db	1	09 Jun 2026, 14:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:28.928	Passed

19.711

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.951

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.693

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.711

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.401

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.103

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.344

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.075

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.771

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.542

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.521

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.619

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.320

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.844

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.999

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.228

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.336

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.273

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.992

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.893

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.098

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 55.019

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.972

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.103

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.548

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.966

And the computer boots Tails 36.151

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.267

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.596

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.455

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.783

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.691

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.571

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.206

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.008

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.201

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.051

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.977

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.408

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.893

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.921

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.777

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.477

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.599

# 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 4.364

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.582

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.074

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.265

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.425

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.071

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.028

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.416

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.517

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853

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	6:28.928	Passed

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