Cucumber Reports (no 4561) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4561	19 Aug 2026, 19:54

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.976	Passed

18.378

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 6.236

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 12.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.745

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 6.207

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.896

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.579

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.986

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.943

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 6.204

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.145

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.927

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.902

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.411

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.495

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.436

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.189

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 42.980

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.875

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.513

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.234

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.392

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.851

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.753

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.232

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.192

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 0.118

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

And I start the computer 0.770

And the computer boots Tails 29.233

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.313

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.170

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 18.006

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.747

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 6.329

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.552

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.641

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.533

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.706

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.304

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.090

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.941

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.981

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 6.165

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.133

And all notifications have disappeared 3.926

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.846

# 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 4.010

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.465

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.762

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.327

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.126

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.358

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.155

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.944

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.339

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.060

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.170

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.347

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 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908

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	5:40.976	Passed

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