Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21655-firmware-nonfree-20260519	1	15 Jun 2026, 14:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.061	Passed

19.184

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.914

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.196

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.960

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.071

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.849

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.851

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.100

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.276

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.123

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.237

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.392

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.320

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.687

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.408

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.473

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.960

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.277

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 51.254

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.973

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.969

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.240

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.741

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.698

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.715

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given a computer 0.206

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 0.900

And the computer boots Tails 34.283

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.384

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.374

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.156

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.781

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.357

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.545

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.044

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.296

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.263

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.256

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.552

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

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" 14.844

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.168

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.315

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.151

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.301

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 3.480

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.171

# 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 4.046

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.639

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.633

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.483

# "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" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.915

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.400

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.214

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.171

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 9.561

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.399

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 0.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.437

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

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	6:14.061	Passed

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