Cucumber Reports (no 4459) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4459	18 Jun 2026, 11:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:29.503	Passed

21.228

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.381

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.779

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.257

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.362

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.387

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.629

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.815

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.346

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.971

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.217

And I capture all network traffic 0.028

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.457

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.967

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.386

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.923

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 0.013

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.334

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.887

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.742

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 0.044

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.876

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.870

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.897

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.179

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given a computer 0.312

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

And I start the computer 0.981

And the computer boots Tails 35.498

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.350

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.347

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 0.034

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.208

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.154

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.080

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 0.033

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.100

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.205

And all notifications have disappeared 3.682

And I capture all network traffic 0.032

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.082

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.701

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.904

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.861

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.438

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.132

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.340

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.279

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.504

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.247

And all notifications have disappeared 3.434

And I capture all network traffic 0.035

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.249

# 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 4.190

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.301

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.557

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.919

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.465

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.278

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.352

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.116

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.413

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.149

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 9.002

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.485

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 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775

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	6:29.503	Passed

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