Cucumber Reports (no 4603) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4603	08 Sep 2026, 13:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.135	Passed

19.019

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 6.849

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 12.079

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.165

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.854

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.909

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.651

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.962

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 6.822

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.292

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.305

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.523

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.371

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.553

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 1.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.074

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.481

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.298

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 45.998

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.828

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.848

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.981

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.647

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.346

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.032

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.102

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

And I start the computer 0.668

And the computer boots Tails 30.181

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.667

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.566

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 18.949

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.596

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.631

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.227

And all notifications have disappeared 3.984

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.327

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.651

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.421

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.114

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.333

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.123

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.362

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.493

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 6.579

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 4.307

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.056

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.335

# 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 3.885

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.154

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.541

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.656

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.334

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.100

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.331

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.395

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.294

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.222

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 8.524

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.421

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 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709

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	5:58.135	Passed

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