Cucumber Reports (no 4598) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4598	06 Sep 2026, 11:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.781	Passed

17.811

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When the network is plugged 0.056

And I successfully configure Tor 11.111

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.846

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 6.245

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.929

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.168

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.426

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.064

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 6.305

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.743

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.414

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.897

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 0.455

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.564

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 6.162

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.178

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 41.671

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.543

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.855

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 6.324

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.545

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.490

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.488

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.103

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 0.003

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 0.696

And the computer boots Tails 30.234

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.006

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.278

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.123

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 18.547

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.026

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.617

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 6.389

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.274

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.885

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.759

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.783

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.009

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.267

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.172

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.385

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.677

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 6.367

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.240

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.631

# 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 4.585

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.657

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.466

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.285

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.451

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.858

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.285

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.235

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 6.209

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 8.590

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.305

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689

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	5:38.781	Passed

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