Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21691-gitlab-triage-use-trusted-image	1	23 Jul 2026, 16:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.959	Passed

20.884

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.050

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.934

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 13.863

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.178

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.911

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.798

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.993

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.382

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.653

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.230

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.772

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.159

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.307

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.440

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.344

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.199

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.269

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 51.531

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.811

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.907

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.745

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.172

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 52.441

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.536

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.781

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

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 0.793

And the computer boots Tails 35.544

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.355

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.274

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.668

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.444

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.373

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.739

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.730

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.248

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.490

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.931

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.981

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.529

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.482

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.531

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.512

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.975

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.565

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

# 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 4.133

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.584

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.825

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.127

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.481

# 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" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.192

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 6.538

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.958

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.556

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 0.013

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.390

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:18.959	Passed

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