Cucumber Reports (no 4593) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4593	03 Sep 2026, 19:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.826	Passed

19.896

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.740

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 13.066

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.516

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.408

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.797

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.985

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.246

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.888

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.477

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.998

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.570

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.203

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.394

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.566

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.477

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.236

And I warm reboot the computer 0.015

And the computer reboots Tails 47.188

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.648

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.671

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.953

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.704

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.089

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.919

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.192

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 0.117

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.714

And the computer boots Tails 32.297

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.113

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.408

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.182

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 18.330

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.479

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 6.503

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.630

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.869

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.687

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.023

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.486

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.620

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 6.615

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.089

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183

# 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 4.090

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.274

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.601

# 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 0.310

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.085

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.845

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.166

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.880

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.250

And the network is plugged 0.051

And Tor is ready 8.948

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.389

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 0.314

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950

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	5:59.826	Passed

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