Cucumber Reports (no 4583) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4583	01 Sep 2026, 23:12

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.059	Passed

20.048

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 6.637

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 13.311

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.723

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.933

When the network is plugged 0.065

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.130

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.674

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.842

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.204

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.400

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.244

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.912

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.924

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.059

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.087

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.537

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.501

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 6.671

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.251

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 45.388

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.177

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.375

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.679

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 6.719

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.965

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 46.460

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.526

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.097

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.025

Steps

Given a computer 0.388

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.786

And the computer boots Tails 31.864

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.318

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.230

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.118

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 19.414

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.426

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 6.689

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.253

And all notifications have disappeared 3.592

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.820

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.773

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.873

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.325

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.211

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.714

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.002

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.933

# 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 4.202

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.316

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.596

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.853

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.335

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.946

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.325

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.934

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.438

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.076

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.319

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 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

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	6:2.059	Passed

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