Cucumber Reports (no 4450) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4450	16 Jun 2026, 13:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:33.707	Passed

21.019

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.056

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.674

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 13.248

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.384

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.996

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.483

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.314

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.650

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.490

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.886

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.296

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.198

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.628

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.426

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.837

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.389

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.472

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.725

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.305

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.911

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.524

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.225

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.348

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.781

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.024

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.010

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 0.231

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.056

And I start the computer 0.967

And the computer boots Tails 36.416

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.338

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.698

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 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.113

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.185

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.335

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.863

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.147

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.441

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.142

And the network is plugged 0.072

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.644

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.843

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.260

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.144

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.976

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.552

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.493

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.677

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.104

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.593

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.043

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.681

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.233

And all notifications have disappeared 3.839

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.155

# 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 4.543

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.636

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.047

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.451

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.452

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.530

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.941

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.344

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.201

And the network is plugged 0.046

And Tor is ready 8.939

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.388

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 0.019

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.461

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987

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	6:33.707	Passed

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