Cucumber Reports (no 4446) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4446	14 Jun 2026, 11:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.831	Passed

20.451

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.250

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.123

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.348

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.126

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.402

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.557

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.186

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.508

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.922

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.238

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.834

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.878

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.145

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.380

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.402

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.190

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.177

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.832

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.121

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.172

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.953

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.809

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.179

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.252

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given a computer 0.160

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.023

And I start the computer 1.055

And the computer boots Tails 33.704

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.935

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.165

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.156

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.530

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.815

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.317

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.366

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.180

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.864

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.303

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.046

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.868

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.489

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.542

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.324

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.187

And all notifications have disappeared 3.342

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194

# 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 4.882

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.551

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.758

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.547

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.402

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.364

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.119

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.671

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.726

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.204

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.299

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.395

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 0.022

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.416

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733

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	6:17.831	Passed

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