Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_release-process-7.7.3	5	11 May 2026, 19:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:32.251	Passed

20.705

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.077

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.558

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.385

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 6.892

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.304

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.938

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.185

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.659

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.632

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.187

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.018

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.226

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.294

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.599

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.927

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.296

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 55.752

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.610

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.814

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.380

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.418

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 55.654

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.532

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.866

And the computer boots Tails 36.246

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.198

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 6.865

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.174

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.110

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 6.695

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.266

And all notifications have disappeared 3.880

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.095

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.190

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.067

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.116

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.925

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.436

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.572

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.409

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.925

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.336

And all notifications have disappeared 3.970

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.211

# 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 4.446

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.597

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.824

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.512

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.307

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.227

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.835

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.109

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 9.154

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.449

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 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685

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	6:32.251	Passed

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