Cucumber Reports (no 4497) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4497	16 Jul 2026, 11:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.003	Passed

20.321

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.568

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.685

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.559

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.779

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.960

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.066

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.490

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 6.751

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.046

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.824

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.173

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.446

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.794

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.694

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.626

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.234

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.913

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.411

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 52.241

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.761

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.064

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.056

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

And I start the computer 0.752

And the computer boots Tails 33.953

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.195

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 6.459

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.597

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.483

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.463

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.216

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.520

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.214

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.602

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.806

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.376

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.365

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.912

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 6.409

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.235

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

# 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 3.954

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.189

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.450

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.760

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.231

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.055

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.386

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.268

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 6.557

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.244

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.376

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 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750

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	6:9.003	Passed

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