Cucumber Reports (no 4464) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4464	22 Jun 2026, 11:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.003	Passed

20.414

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.098

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 13.239

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.028

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.781

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.276

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.743

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.158

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.257

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.033

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.114

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.023

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.299

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.890

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.190

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.444

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.632

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.084

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.251

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 48.919

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.367

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.533

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 0.051

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.393

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.132

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.807

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.195

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.967

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 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given a computer 0.256

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

And I start the computer 1.028

And the computer boots Tails 36.329

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.135

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.575

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

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.345

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.115

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.920

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.221

And all notifications have disappeared 3.513

And I capture all network traffic 0.026

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.089

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.263

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.691

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.894

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.811

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.662

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.095

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.482

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.486

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 0.035

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.931

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 3.301

And I capture all network traffic 0.022

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.291

# 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 4.325

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.281

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.503

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.809

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.455

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.076

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.373

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.433

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 0.037

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.183

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.142

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 7.659

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.390

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 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

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	6:18.003	Passed

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