Cucumber Reports (no 4452) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4452	16 Jun 2026, 17:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:22.000	Passed

20.985

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 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.384

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.547

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.140

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.446

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.465

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.872

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.276

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.324

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.668

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.489

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.213

And I capture all network traffic 0.037

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.319

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.379

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.803

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.327

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.012

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.048

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.582

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.177

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.261

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 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.053

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.104

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.886

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.721

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given a computer 0.230

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.036

And I start the computer 0.848

And the computer boots Tails 35.264

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.211

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.078

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.244

When the network is plugged 0.045

And I successfully configure Tor 18.784

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.060

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 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.531

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.255

And all notifications have disappeared 3.513

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.247

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.763

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.292

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.273

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.883

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.463

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.440

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.095

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.247

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.367

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.531

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.248

# 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 4.353

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.291

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.708

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.889

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.469

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.348

# 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" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.691

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.186

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.203

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.834

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.428

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 0.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

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	6:22.000	Passed

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