Cucumber Reports (no 4606) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4606	09 Sep 2026, 19:30

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.891	Passed

20.388

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.543

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 13.757

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.002

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.919

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.509

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.910

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.591

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 6.290

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.166

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.796

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.519

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.344

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.101

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.618

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.017

And the computer reboots Tails 46.513

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.746

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.685

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.423

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.256

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.627

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.371

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.787

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.089

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.690

And the computer boots Tails 31.946

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.315

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.283

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.109

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.849

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.272

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.667

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 4.250

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.743

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.922

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.349

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.962

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.984

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.128

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.397

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.466

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.592

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.232

And all notifications have disappeared 4.100

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.280

# 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 4.141

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.692

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.851

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.138

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.913

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.375

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.280

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.036

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.388

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675

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	5:58.891	Passed

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