Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc	2	28 May 2026, 18:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.594	Passed

20.912

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.130

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.702

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.401

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.614

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.974

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.315

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.890

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.350

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.730

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.825

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.973

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.113

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.082

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.325

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.479

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.764

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 54.394

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.094

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.110

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.870

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.651

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.339

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.915

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.743

And the computer boots Tails 34.055

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.845

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.863

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.108

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 19.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.271

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.601

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 3.365

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 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.772

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.892

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.990

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.421

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.269

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.523

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.889

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 3.683

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.237

# 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 4.055

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.664

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.917

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.431

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.079

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.189

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.898

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.109

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 8.730

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.420

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:531 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:22.594	Passed

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