Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch	2	15 Sep 2026, 15:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.339	Passed

19.034

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.384

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 12.574

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.566

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.262

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.936

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.263

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.040

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.051

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 0.044

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.370

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.525

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.011

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.410

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.685

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.719

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 46.350

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.967

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.283

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.699

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.011

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.968

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.042

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

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

And I start the computer 0.689

And the computer boots Tails 31.193

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.498

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.773

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 18.537

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.264

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.475

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.530

And I capture all network traffic 0.011

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.830

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.615

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.731

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.527

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.476

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.026

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.452

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.274

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 4.186

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.281

# 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 4.043

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.284

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.450

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.345

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.236

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.981

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.466

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.403

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.775

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.340

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.041

And Tor is ready 7.925

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:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	5:54.339	Passed

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