Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state	1	22 Jul 2026, 18:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.898	Passed

19.048

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 6.617

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.359

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.202

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 6.601

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.894

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.300

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.346

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.260

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 6.589

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.185

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.012

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.926

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.101

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.381

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.506

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.368

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 46.336

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.568

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.755

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.525

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.231

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.796

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.198

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.165

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 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.762

And the computer boots Tails 33.030

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.375

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 6.658

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 17.570

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.672

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 6.600

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.305

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.705

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.940

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.651

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.790

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.392

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.240

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.460

# 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 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.724

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.698

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.416

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.634

# 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 4.355

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.477

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.310

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.013

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.359

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.184

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 6.563

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.131

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.375

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 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

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	5:55.898	Passed

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