Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3	1	11 May 2026, 17:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.360	Passed

19.531

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.391

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 13.086

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.379

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.466

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.193

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.069

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.124

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.467

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.730

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.167

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.399

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.766

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.249

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.972

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.659

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.564

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.514

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.939

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.782

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.162

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.151

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.836

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.539

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.084

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.759

And the computer boots Tails 34.419

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.069

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.555

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 18.376

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.160

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.666

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.128

And all notifications have disappeared 3.374

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.071

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.569

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.248

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.849

# 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 0.404

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.101

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.693

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.457

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.208

# 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 4.143

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.523

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.787

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.264

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.242

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.283

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.606

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.468

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 7.611

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.429

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	6:10.360	Passed

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