Cucumber Reports (no 4469) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4469	26 Jun 2026, 11:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.176	Passed

20.216

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.813

When the network is plugged 0.029

And I successfully configure Tor 13.323

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.739

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.476

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.360

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.126

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.193

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.656

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.000

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.788

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.002

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.430

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.744

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.554

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 51.537

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.424

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.325

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.799

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.827

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.977

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 52.069

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.920

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.472

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.087

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.028

And I start the computer 0.789

And the computer boots Tails 34.206

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.705

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.850

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.708

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.436

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 4.020

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.302

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.733

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.808

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.119

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.539

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.230

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.463

# 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 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.335

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.583

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.652

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.401

# 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 4.152

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.569

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.886

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.400

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.531

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.496

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.401

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963

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	6:14.176	Passed

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