Cucumber Reports (no 4592) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4592	03 Sep 2026, 17:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.090	Passed

18.287

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 6.596

When the network is plugged 0.045

And I successfully configure Tor 11.602

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.970

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.748

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.214

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.479

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.413

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.192

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.604

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.177

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.944

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.393

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.515

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.468

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.128

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 6.434

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.201

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 43.678

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.801

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.828

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 6.591

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.237

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.236

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.754

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.230

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 0.096

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

And I start the computer 0.669

And the computer boots Tails 32.183

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.731

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.527

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 18.994

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.345

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.639

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 4.384

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.093

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.298

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.613

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.452

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.511

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.932

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.336

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.244

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.572

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.261

And all notifications have disappeared 3.941

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.206

# 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 4.123

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.567

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.980

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.188

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.899

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.164

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.131

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 6.339

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 8.244

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.425

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 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791

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	5:54.090	Passed

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