Cucumber Reports (no 4558) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4558	18 Aug 2026, 19:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.406	Passed

18.919

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.770

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 12.063

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.439

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.646

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.031

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.461

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.205

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.935

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.957

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.303

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.695

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.309

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 0.371

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.463

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 6.625

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.883

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.671

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.082

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.204

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.461

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.747

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.823

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.167

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.025

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

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

And I start the computer 0.624

And the computer boots Tails 30.223

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.083

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.378

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.570

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 17.639

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.419

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.317

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.368

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.573

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.642

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.000

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.719

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.650

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.297

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.077

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.361

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.784

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.469

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 4.038

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.939

# 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 4.312

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.346

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.438

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.494

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.145

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.315

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.440

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.180

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.938

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.524

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 7.961

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.326

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 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936

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	5:52.406	Passed

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