Cucumber Reports (no 4565) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4565	22 Aug 2026, 11:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:47.494	Passed

18.001

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 6.129

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 11.804

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.691

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 6.191

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.947

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.192

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.286

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.122

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.169

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.173

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.796

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.818

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.778

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.322

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.437

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 6.205

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.843

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.195

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.262

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.165

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.090

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.337

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.663

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.486

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 0.098

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

And I start the computer 0.604

And the computer boots Tails 28.714

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.117

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 6.180

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.061

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 17.796

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.994

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.066

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.219

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.098

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.722

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.621

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.424

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.603

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.035

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.370

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.214

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.236

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.975

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.696

# 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 4.333

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.274

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.772

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.161

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.102

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.443

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.166

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 17.816

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.948

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.283

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 0.310

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

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	5:47.494	Passed

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