Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21757-update-electrum	1	31 Aug 2026, 14:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.612	Passed

18.768

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 6.101

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.602

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.143

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.177

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.946

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.989

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.912

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.267

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 6.161

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.158

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.118

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.672

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.702

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 0.356

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.466

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 6.089

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.280

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.905

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.299

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.304

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.994

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.946

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.448

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 0.072

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.617

And the computer boots Tails 28.684

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.220

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.193

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 16.863

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.641

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.189

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.185

And all notifications have disappeared 3.806

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 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.683

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.677

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.508

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.724

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.297

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.868

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.306

# 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 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.767

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 6.203

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.573

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

# 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 4.127

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.267

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.324

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.255

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.795

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.325

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.588

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 6.353

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 6.824

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.298

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 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

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	5:35.612	Passed

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