Cucumber Reports (no 4544) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4544	12 Aug 2026, 11:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.296	Passed

18.064

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 6.498

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 11.511

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.751

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.320

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.883

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.500

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.964

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.193

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.354

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.049

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.996

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.118

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.403

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.852

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 6.294

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.182

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.052

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.947

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 6.346

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.609

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.305

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.681

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.482

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.165

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 0.074

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.639

And the computer boots Tails 29.402

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.933

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 6.370

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.032

And I successfully configure Tor 17.399

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.400

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 6.244

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.717

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.696

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.608

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.884

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.532

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.075

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.809

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.399

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.650

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 6.335

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.976

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.914

# 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 5.122

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.316

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.964

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.245

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.486

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.191

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.336

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.372

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 8.498

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.346

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 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545

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	5:49.296	Passed

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