Cucumber Reports (no 4589) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4589	03 Sep 2026, 11:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:36.011	Passed

18.928

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 6.202

When the network is plugged 0.074

And I successfully configure Tor 12.611

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.019

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 6.085

When the network is plugged 0.043

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.886

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 8.980

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.984

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.285

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 6.138

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.145

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.908

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.643

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.022

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.348

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.642

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.412

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 6.116

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.514

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.555

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.191

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 6.114

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.086

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.759

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.226

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.989

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.068

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.637

And the computer boots Tails 29.217

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.615

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.233

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.067

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.252

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.859

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 6.362

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.938

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.822

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.732

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.294

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.645

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.826

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.090

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.211

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.311

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.490

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 6.169

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.832

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.692

# 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 4.257

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.319

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.380

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.352

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.154

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.254

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.172

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.219

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 6.222

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

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 7.575

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.320

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 0.377

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

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	5:36.011	Passed

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