Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21769-gather-chutney-configure-backtrace	2	08 Sep 2026, 16:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:46.158	Passed

18.597

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.662

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 11.856

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.540

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.437

When the network is plugged 0.054

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.053

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.723

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.235

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.966

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 6.517

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.941

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.775

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.078

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.383

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.189

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.481

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.247

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.239

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.212

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.879

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.673

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.207

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.064

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.929

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.300

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.085

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.649

And the computer boots Tails 30.507

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.092

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 6.297

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 17.618

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.885

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 6.253

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.152

And all notifications have disappeared 4.080

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.087

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.790

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.704

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.305

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.728

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.355

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.575

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.464

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.690

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 6.462

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.142

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.005

# 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 4.014

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.521

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.463

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.345

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.326

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.448

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.016

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.348

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.143

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

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	5:46.158	Passed

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