Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367	5	09 Aug 2026, 09:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.887	Passed

19.382

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.718

When the network is plugged 0.330

And I successfully configure Tor 12.302

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.829

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.587

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.130

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.903

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.907

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 6.866

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.696

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.633

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.069

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.399

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.885

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.639

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.310

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.672

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.877

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.770

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.130

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.499

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.468

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.397

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 0.136

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.659

And the computer boots Tails 30.525

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.266

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 6.568

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.540

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.072

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 6.294

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.023

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.610

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.023

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.156

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.560

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.432

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.872

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.342

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.979

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.124

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.892

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.073

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.755

# 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 4.072

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.298

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.301

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.912

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.290

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.121

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.433

# 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" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.289

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 6.483

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 7.136

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.549

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

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	5:50.887	Passed

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