Cucumber Reports (no 4534) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4534	07 Aug 2026, 11:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.355	Passed

17.715

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.148

When the network is plugged 0.047

And I successfully configure Tor 11.481

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.861

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 6.215

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.875

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.684

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.985

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.879

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 6.344

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.162

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.366

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.548

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.008

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.367

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.084

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.551

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.245

And I warm reboot the computer 0.022

And the computer reboots Tails 43.107

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.158

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.821

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 6.304

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.523

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.117

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.868

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.521

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 0.077

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.025

And I start the computer 0.828

And the computer boots Tails 30.547

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.308

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.264

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.115

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.869

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:9.269

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.125

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.122

And all notifications have disappeared 4.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.108

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.978

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.884

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.339

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.596

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.812

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.289

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.215

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.280

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.399

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.791

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.288

# 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 4.299

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.593

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.585

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.289

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.150

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.447

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.404

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.351

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.614

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.386

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.726

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.387

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 0.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778

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	6:0.355	Passed

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