Cucumber Reports (no 4578) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4578	31 Aug 2026, 11:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:48.323	Passed

18.319

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.327

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 11.891

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.292

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.464

When the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.938

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.203

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.619

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.417

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.598

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.190

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.023

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.265

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 0.398

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.898

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.296

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.822

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.549

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.182

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.356

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.839

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.184

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.795

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.319

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

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

And I start the computer 0.649

And the computer boots Tails 30.517

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.213

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.437

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.627

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.032

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.637

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.976

And I capture all network traffic 0.012

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.017

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.678

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.563

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.817

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.175

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.984

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.551

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.282

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.617

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.616

# 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 4.537

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.372

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.415

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.026

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.336

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.133

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.371

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.202

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.097

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.297

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 9.307

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.392

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 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

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	5:48.323	Passed

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