Cucumber Reports (no 4547) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4547	13 Aug 2026, 18:52

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:12.012	Passed

19.493

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 6.659

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.755

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.272

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.405

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.179

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.381

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.215

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 0.624

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.596

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.200

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.745

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.812

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.080

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.457

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.970

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.359

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.226

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 45.387

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.987

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.783

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 6.801

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.995

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.083

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.898

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.646

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 0.113

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.018

And I start the computer 0.815

And the computer boots Tails 30.648

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.998

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.421

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 18.405

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.670

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 6.781

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.999

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.694

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.936

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.604

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.065

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.464

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.180

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:5.842

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 18.616

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 4.034

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.352

# 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 4.039

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.327

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.525

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.320

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.072

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.379

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.738

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.405

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.881

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.334

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 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:12.012	Passed

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