Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3	4	11 May 2026, 18:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.788	Passed

19.322

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.698

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 12.487

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.110

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.561

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.587

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.921

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.827

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.159

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.444

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 6.617

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.946

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.201

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.090

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.370

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.886

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.529

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.856

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.935

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 47.912

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.732

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.789

And the computer boots Tails 34.484

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.391

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.034

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 6.706

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.142

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.969

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 6.416

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 1.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.582

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.820

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.059

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.633

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.981

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.177

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.698

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.321

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.317

# 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 4.066

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.467

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.846

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.291

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.202

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 6.584

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.124

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.003

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.446

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.024

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	6:7.788	Passed

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