Cucumber Reports (no 4448) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4448	15 Jun 2026, 15:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:15.055	Passed

19.700

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.883

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.730

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.040

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.969

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.353

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.602

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.058

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.088

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.933

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 1.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.028

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.326

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.895

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.261

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.324

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.933

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.474

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.235

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 48.017

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.189

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.009

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.032

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.961

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.321

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.689

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.119

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given a computer 0.182

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 0.827

And the computer boots Tails 34.684

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.397

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.670

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.288

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.244

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.977

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 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.072

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.212

And all notifications have disappeared 3.394

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.685

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.255

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.937

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.870

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.502

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.122

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.378

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.421

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.191

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.246

And all notifications have disappeared 3.375

And I capture all network traffic 0.036

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

# 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 4.118

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.290

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.488

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.642

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.154

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.418

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.093

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.019

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.138

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.486

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 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

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	6:15.055	Passed

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