Cucumber Reports (no 4602) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4602	08 Sep 2026, 11:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:44.973	Passed

18.391

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.529

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 11.756

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.383

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.121

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.618

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 6.478

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.826

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.440

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.782

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.597

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.380

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.057

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.786

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.355

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.423

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.398

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.769

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 6.324

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.718

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.479

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.558

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.495

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.059

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.657

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.263

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 0.118

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.743

And the computer boots Tails 30.326

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.640

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 6.449

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.169

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 16.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.503

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.296

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.373

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.091

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.226

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.487

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.748

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.905

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.361

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.409

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.483

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 6.414

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

And all notifications have disappeared 4.102

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.635

# 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 4.577

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.430

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.487

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.162

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.183

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.440

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.188

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.146

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.730

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.162

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 6.865

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.359

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 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074

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	5:44.973	Passed

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