Cucumber Reports (no 4461) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4461	19 Jun 2026, 11:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.914	Passed

19.157

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.051

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.003

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.087

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.308

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 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.058

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.856

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.084

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.223

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.525

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.321

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.283

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.760

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.471

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.104

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.374

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.750

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.198

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.215

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.792

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.535

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.728

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.081

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.633

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.589

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.417

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.245

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 0.027

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.030

Steps

Given a computer 0.198

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 0.833

And the computer boots Tails 33.699

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.489

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.364

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 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.051

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.164

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 18.070

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.123

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.960

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.223

And all notifications have disappeared 3.482

And I capture all network traffic 0.100

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.101

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.746

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.802

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

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

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.183

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.367

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.118

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.985

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.195

And all notifications have disappeared 3.319

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.148

# 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 4.109

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.486

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.988

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.436

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.264

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.118

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.592

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 0.036

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.034

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.428

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.141

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 7.482

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.486

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 0.342

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821

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	6:8.914	Passed

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