Cucumber Reports (no 4451) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4451	16 Jun 2026, 14:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:19.998	Passed

20.190

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.958

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.169

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.505

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.733

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.413

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.940

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.333

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.217

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.928

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.533

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.003

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.197

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.291

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.926

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.199

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 53.608

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.515

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.961

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.729

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.224

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 50.579

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.418

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.309

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.741

And the computer boots Tails 35.138

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.353

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.450

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.820

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.107

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.428

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.434

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

59.088

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.061

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.224

And all notifications have disappeared 3.765

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.265

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.291

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.110

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.348

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.309

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.335

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.954

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.049

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.608

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.242

# 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 4.301

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.452

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.463

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.874

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.443

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.253

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.286

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.393

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.882

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.143

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.937

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.404

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694

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	6:19.998	Passed

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