Cucumber Reports (no 4581) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4581	01 Sep 2026, 11:19

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.776	Passed

17.367

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 6.342

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 10.958

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.660

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 6.199

When the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.939

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.404

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.597

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 6.193

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.288

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.863

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.449

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.391

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.934

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 6.365

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.092

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.198

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 6.326

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.871

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.255

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.740

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.229

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 0.079

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

And I start the computer 0.796

And the computer boots Tails 30.295

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.167

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 6.226

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.111

When the network is plugged 0.055

And I successfully configure Tor 18.738

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.617

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 6.352

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.760

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 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.674

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.663

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.579

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.401

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.965

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.337

# 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 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.167

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.317

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.964

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.743

# 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 4.152

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.502

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.572

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.340

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.137

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.263

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.379

# 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" 0.204

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.833

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.271

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 7.049

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.405

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 1.064

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	5:42.776	Passed

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