Cucumber Reports (no 4550) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4550	15 Aug 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:35.790	Passed

16.904

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.247

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 10.601

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.985

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 6.275

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.801

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.538

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.288

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.023

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.414

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.914

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.217

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.849

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.351

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.306

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 6.284

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.170

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.936

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.906

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.120

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 6.505

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.629

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 42.771

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.196

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.045

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.623

And the computer boots Tails 29.257

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.557

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 6.246

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.119

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 17.103

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.854

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.280

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 3.252

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 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.676

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.813

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.306

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.058

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.508

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.308

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.318

# 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 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.159

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 6.521

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.645

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.702

# 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 4.075

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.411

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.364

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.345

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.138

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.017

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.138

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.833

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 6.211

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.125

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 7.105

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.351

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 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970

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	5:35.790	Passed

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