Cucumber Reports (no 4591) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4591	03 Sep 2026, 15:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.658	Passed

18.406

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 6.356

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 11.976

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.703

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 6.284

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.319

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.883

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.137

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.241

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.619

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.182

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.076

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.599

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.282

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.402

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.336

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.357

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 46.088

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.670

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.099

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.336

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.773

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.347

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.634

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.295

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.120

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.693

And the computer boots Tails 31.408

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.402

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.651

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 17.887

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.240

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.503

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 2.873

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.560

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.652

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.715

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.342

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.119

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.500

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.428

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 6.444

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 3.653

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.168

# 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 4.172

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.268

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.287

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.803

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.312

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.151

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.110

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.309

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.254

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.428

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 8.354

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.327

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:50.658	Passed

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