Cucumber Reports (no 4479) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4479	01 Jul 2026, 15:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.805	Passed

19.098

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.927

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.080

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.359

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.332

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 6.772

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.364

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.534

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.585

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.530

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 6.696

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.361

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.165

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.629

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.434

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.451

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.776

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.968

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.504

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.667

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.721

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.941

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 51.885

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.109

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.469

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.729

And the computer boots Tails 33.364

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.922

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.642

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.131

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.606

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.798

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.502

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.197

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.572

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.048

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.823

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.116

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.453

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.579

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.736

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 3.744

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.352

# 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 4.143

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.548

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.765

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.183

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.504

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.147

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.783

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.082

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.803

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.455

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:11.805	Passed

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