Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring	3	10 Aug 2026, 16:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.049	Passed

18.559

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.467

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 12.017

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.008

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 6.617

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.328

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.637

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.351

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.694

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 6.487

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.522

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.905

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.072

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.382

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.183

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.229

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 44.785

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.578

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.898

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.432

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.473

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.366

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.620

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.840

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.086

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

And I start the computer 0.785

And the computer boots Tails 30.837

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.118

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.109

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.759

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.154

When the network is plugged 0.052

And I successfully configure Tor 18.097

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.378

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.198

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 6.590

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.745

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.344

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.670

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.276

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.778

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.531

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.376

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.083

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.079

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.569

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.934

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.616

# 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 4.257

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.349

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.629

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.355

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.178

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.498

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.390

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.986

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.948

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 8.519

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.410

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 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

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	5:51.049	Passed

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