Cucumber Reports (no 4527) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4527	02 Aug 2026, 11:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.249	Passed

18.844

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.301

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.003

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 6.465

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.047

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.140

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.123

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.418

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.182

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.381

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.472

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.180

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.419

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.365

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.671

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.187

And I warm reboot the computer 0.032

And the computer reboots Tails 49.174

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.932

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.765

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.180

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.666

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.704

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.721

And the computer boots Tails 33.635

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.472

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 6.589

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.725

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.567

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 6.771

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 3.408

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.196

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.460

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.807

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.198

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.273

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.355

# 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 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.369

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 6.525

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 3.644

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.160

# 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 4.077

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.626

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.138

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.395

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.231

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.384

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.868

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.884

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 7.434

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.428

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 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675

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	6:3.249	Passed

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