Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements	1	20 Aug 2026, 15:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:29.996	Passed

18.378

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.680

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 14.587

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.695

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.564

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.568

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.198

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.294

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.845

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.383

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 4.816

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.621

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.471

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.328

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.007

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.487

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.227

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 43.899

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.380

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.388

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.581

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.806

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.597

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.398

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.813

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.089

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.703

And the computer boots Tails 29.952

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.257

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.731

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.164

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 19.256

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.614

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.525

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.132

And all notifications have disappeared 2.954

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.887

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.918

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.422

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.438

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.304

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.120

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

47.350

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.549

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.197

And all notifications have disappeared 3.289

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.757

# 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 3.978

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.342

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.481

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

# "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" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.304

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.356

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.145

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.644

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.498

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 10.725

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.318

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:535 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:29.996	Passed

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