Cucumber Reports (no 4526) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4526	01 Aug 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.506	Passed

18.575

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 6.680

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 11.805

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.203

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 6.524

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.743

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.811

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.050

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.598

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.520

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.033

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.907

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.493

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.396

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.428

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.565

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.805

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.810

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.095

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 6.444

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.643

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.388

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.615

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.211

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 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.697

And the computer boots Tails 32.097

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.056

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.387

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.325

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 6.680

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.126

And all notifications have disappeared 3.662

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.079

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.881

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.815

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.088

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.945

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 6.551

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.891

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.264

# 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 4.201

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.238

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.737

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.989

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.486

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.301

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.071

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.533

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.088

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.064

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.815

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.414

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 0.006

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.457

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764

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	5:56.506	Passed

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