Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.12	2	02 Sep 2026, 18:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.816	Passed

19.753

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.354

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 13.322

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.005

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 6.329

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.837

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.790

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.962

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.467

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.310

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.192

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.974

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.309

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.188

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 0.419

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.186

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 6.390

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.214

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.854

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.716

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.020

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.620

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.401

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.366

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.622

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.282

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.093

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.705

And the computer boots Tails 31.403

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.249

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.581

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.127

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 18.476

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.276

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 6.541

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.924

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.076

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.781

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.730

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.779

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.300

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.209

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.404

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.374

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.406

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.706

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 4.476

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

# 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 4.348

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.463

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.048

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.330

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.157

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.288

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 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.168

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 6.612

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.095

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.079

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.351

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 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752

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	5:52.816	Passed

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