Cucumber Reports (no 4538) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4538	10 Aug 2026, 11:46

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.506	Passed

18.528

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 6.640

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 11.821

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.817

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 6.475

When the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.939

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.292

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.033

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.665

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 6.611

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.771

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.538

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.129

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 0.370

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.946

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 6.293

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.292

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 45.158

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.193

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.694

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 6.531

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.173

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.922

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.567

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.077

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.609

And the computer boots Tails 29.783

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.032

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.703

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.193

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.565

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.394

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 4.003

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.634

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.053

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.344

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.315

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.324

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.463

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.137

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.423

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.310

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 6.719

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 4.001

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

# 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 4.124

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.595

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.990

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.344

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.161

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.373

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.225

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.378

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.600

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.273

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.394

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

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	5:50.506	Passed

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