Cucumber Reports (no 6) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367	6	10 Aug 2026, 09:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.772	Passed

19.217

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 6.367

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 12.758

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.909

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.770

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.039

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.680

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.342

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.020

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.227

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.826

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.182

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.882

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.334

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 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.527

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.350

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.701

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.231

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.854

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 6.362

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.493

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.614

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.378

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.511

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 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.635

And the computer boots Tails 29.729

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.239

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.394

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 18.675

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.714

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.202

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.579

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 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.640

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.841

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.656

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.336

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.909

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.529

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.485

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.437

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.131

And all notifications have disappeared 3.552

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.845

# 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 4.155

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.283

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.467

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.134

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.979

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.425

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.292

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.442

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.039

And Tor is ready 7.368

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

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 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694

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	6:0.772	Passed

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