Cucumber Reports (no 4443) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4443	11 Jun 2026, 15:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:33.768	Passed

19.973

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.037

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.324

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 12.525

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.220

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.805

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.888

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.983

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.415

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.095

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.312

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.279

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.039

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.629

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.287

And I capture all network traffic 0.027

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.319

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.812

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.619

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.488

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.050

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.269

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.281

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 56.409

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.142

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.508

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.588

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 55.297

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.734

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.525

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given a computer 0.192

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.059

And I start the computer 0.870

And the computer boots Tails 36.085

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.766

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.494

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.248

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 18.951

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.075

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 0.051

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.058

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.407

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.622

And I capture all network traffic 0.032

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.732

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.642

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.338

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.095

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.269

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.566

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.404

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.438

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.095

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 0.032

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.297

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.259

And all notifications have disappeared 3.587

And I capture all network traffic 0.024

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.147

# 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 4.640

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.539

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.035

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.426

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.397

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.684

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.126

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.638

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 0.045

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.040

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.562

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.177

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 7.972

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.841

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 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.258

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	6:33.768	Passed

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