Cucumber Reports (no 4523) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4523	30 Jul 2026, 11:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.551	Passed

18.047

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.245

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 11.702

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.995

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 6.186

When the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.965

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.014

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.741

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.268

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.115

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.700

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.978

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.850

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.340

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.482

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.382

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.052

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.816

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.264

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 6.241

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.025

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 42.206

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.783

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.394

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.092

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.581

And the computer boots Tails 28.664

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.046

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 6.243

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

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 16.630

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.003

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.173

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.427

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.519

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.291

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.259

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.554

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.278

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.936

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.311

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.752

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.225

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.849

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.125

# 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 3.648

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.609

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.985

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.257

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.135

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.099

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.795

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.318

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.297

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.276

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.039

And Tor is ready 6.543

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.284

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

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	5:34.551	Passed

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