Cucumber Reports (no 4505) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4505	21 Jul 2026, 19:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:30.963	Passed

21.182

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.996

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 14.121

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.402

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.741

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.997

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.293

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.795

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.528

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.599

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 6.869

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.225

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.058

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.403

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.916

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.623

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.445

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.223

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 7.218

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.263

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 51.397

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.328

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.738

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 6.737

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.006

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 53.639

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.432

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

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

And I start the computer 0.889

And the computer boots Tails 37.146

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.180

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.874

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.153

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.505

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 6.724

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.196

And all notifications have disappeared 3.706

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.116

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.291

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.851

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.793

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.433

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.420

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.516

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.195

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.180

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 3.820

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.108

# 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 4.209

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.761

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.426

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.475

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.386

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.540

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.164

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.374

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.103

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 9.085

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.571

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 0.392

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

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	6:30.963	Passed

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