Cucumber Reports (no 4568) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4568	26 Aug 2026, 11:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.986	Passed

17.956

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 6.500

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 11.370

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.911

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 6.466

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.926

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.582

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.870

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.254

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 6.439

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.129

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.879

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.091

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.296

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.345

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.099

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.756

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.163

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.106

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.972

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 6.626

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.338

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.313

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.688

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.002

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 0.071

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.595

And the computer boots Tails 29.268

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.464

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 6.524

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 18.768

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:7.686

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.689

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.124

And all notifications have disappeared 3.660

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.710

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.673

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.722

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.940

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.294

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.077

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.658

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 6.755

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.127

And all notifications have disappeared 3.593

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.770

# 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 3.917

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.593

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.006

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.232

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.280

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.127

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.101

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.420

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.102

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.979

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.517

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.062

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 8.067

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.305

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 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

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	6:6.986	Passed

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