Cucumber Reports (no 3) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3	3	11 May 2026, 18:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.758	Passed

19.062

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.653

When the network is plugged 0.076

And I successfully configure Tor 12.279

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.839

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.798

When the network is plugged 0.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.424

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.187

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.775

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 7.003

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.209

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.406

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.548

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.215

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.330

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.430

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 6.670

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.172

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.277

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.853

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.928

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.930

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.607

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.381

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.695

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.720

And the computer boots Tails 33.852

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.177

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.649

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.342

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.903

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.569

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.333

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.668

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.024

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.898

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.384

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.235

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.440

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.097

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 6.786

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.359

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.174

# 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 4.150

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.488

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.279

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.375

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.133

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.282

# 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" 0.267

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.924

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.853

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 7.571

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.376

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:527 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612

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	6:10.758	Passed

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