Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release	1	20 Aug 2026, 10:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.823	Passed

19.528

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 6.357

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 13.099

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.387

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.680

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 6.256

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.947

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.545

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.872

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.441

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 6.467

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.142

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.059

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.931

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.192

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.123

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.473

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.587

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.612

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 45.076

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.686

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.856

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.418

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.438

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.903

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.209

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.669

And the computer boots Tails 29.399

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.813

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.341

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 17.300

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.782

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 6.157

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 4.016

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.653

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.948

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.273

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.795

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.002

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.789

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.377

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.129

And all notifications have disappeared 3.718

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.185

# 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 5.013

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.633

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.202

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.253

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.426

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.133

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.319

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.064

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.423

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.294

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 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786

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	5:48.823	Passed

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