Cucumber Reports (no 4511) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4511	24 Jul 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.832	Passed

18.621

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 6.605

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 11.942

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.397

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.248

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.544

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.875

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.241

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.535

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.343

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 6.562

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.173

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.058

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.766

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.440

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.428

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 6.667

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.400

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.121

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.117

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 6.651

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.476

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.761

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.223

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.224

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.763

And the computer boots Tails 33.120

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.280

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.890

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 6.717

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.026

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.528

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 6.648

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.138

And all notifications have disappeared 3.543

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.541

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.608

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.259

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.316

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.370

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.009

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.328

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.162

# 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 3.959

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.525

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.428

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.436

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.002

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.274

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.420

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 6.607

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.329

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.362

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 0.356

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002

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	6:2.832	Passed

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