Cucumber Reports (no 4449) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4449	16 Jun 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:32.784	Passed

20.342

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.337

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 12.920

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.613

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.259

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.428

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.542

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.310

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.678

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.412

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.239

And I capture all network traffic 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.068

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.318

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.352

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.720

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 0.465

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.291

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.313

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.784

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.984

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.797

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.285

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.491

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 55.087

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.926

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.882

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given a computer 0.174

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 1.049

And the computer boots Tails 35.211

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.416

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.219

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 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.539

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.204

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 19.403

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.363

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.940

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.522

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.214

And all notifications have disappeared 3.464

And I capture all network traffic 0.027

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.264

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

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" 16.016

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.427

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.558

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.362

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.694

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.492

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.238

And all notifications have disappeared 3.580

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.310

# 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 4.340

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.318

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.675

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.999

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.475

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.353

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.323

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 0.039

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.410

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.167

And the network is plugged 0.043

And Tor is ready 10.797

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.873

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 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031

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	6:32.784	Passed

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