Cucumber Reports (no 4472) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4472	29 Jun 2026, 11:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.164	Passed

19.466

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.692

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.588

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 6.634

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.033

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.253

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.594

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.058

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.602

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.150

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.377

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.202

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.410

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.938

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.394

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.777

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.336

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.627

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.877

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.769

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.853

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.119

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.875

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.706

And the computer boots Tails 32.055

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.615

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 6.593

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.886

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.816

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.548

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.225

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.808

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.218

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.871

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.243

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.443

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.123

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.377

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.758

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.464

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.625

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.270

# 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 4.134

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.292

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.594

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.685

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.376

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.930

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.385

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.342

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.419

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.460

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.459

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.404

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 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007

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	6:4.164	Passed

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