Cucumber Reports (no 4516) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4516	28 Jul 2026, 11:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.159	Passed

19.209

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 6.664

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.250

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.698

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.436

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.572

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.435

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.446

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.330

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 6.516

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.276

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.707

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.182

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.425

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.558

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.587

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.308

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 49.999

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.653

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.586

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.053

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.547

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.255

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.724

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.674

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.764

And the computer boots Tails 33.520

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.320

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.079

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 6.493

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 17.423

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.610

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 6.545

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.306

And all notifications have disappeared 3.362

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.211

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.524

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.658

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.787

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.915

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.368

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.468

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.245

And all notifications have disappeared 3.409

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.629

# 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 4.425

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.526

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.799

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.197

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.370

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.391

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.619

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 7.198

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421

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 0.298

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078

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	6:3.159	Passed

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