Cucumber Reports (no 4604) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4604	08 Sep 2026, 18:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.156	Passed

19.708

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 6.342

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 13.280

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.904

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.325

When the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.269

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.252

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.970

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.285

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 6.567

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.257

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.282

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.374

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.366

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.368

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.092

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.730

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 6.968

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.272

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 44.274

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.202

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.064

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 6.346

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.726

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 45.097

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.885

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.917

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 0.100

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.755

And the computer boots Tails 30.999

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.050

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 6.837

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 19.042

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.790

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 6.537

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.499

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.876

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.791

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.478

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.073

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.316

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.125

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.393

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.675

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 6.557

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.745

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.752

# 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 4.245

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.542

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.964

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.300

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.076

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.444

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.028

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.442

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.098

And the network is plugged 0.039

And Tor is ready 9.120

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.322

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 0.868

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	5:55.156	Passed

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