Cucumber Reports (no 4488) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4488	10 Jul 2026, 11:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:35.319	Passed

19.908

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 6.793

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 13.036

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.802

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.767

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.597

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.370

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.006

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.852

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.770

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.163

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.453

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.867

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.111

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.407

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.785

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 19.016

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.177

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.222

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.362

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.013

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 7.156

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.848

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.845

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.157

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.908

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given a computer 0.137

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.874

And the computer boots Tails 35.604

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.290

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.096

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.118

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 20.027

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.821

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 6.578

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.591

And I capture all network traffic 0.035

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.155

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.476

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.793

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.321

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.986

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.862

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.707

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.392

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.485

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.373

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.355

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.207

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.632

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.177

And all notifications have disappeared 3.356

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.497

# 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 4.355

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.654

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.354

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.552

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.177

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.521

# 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" 0.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.728

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.932

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

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.357

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.343

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932

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	6:35.319	Passed

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