Cucumber Reports (no 4613) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4613	13 Sep 2026, 11:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.006	Passed

19.458

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 6.215

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 13.166

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.080

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 6.203

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.147

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.311

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.339

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.438

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 6.256

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.265

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.008

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.687

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.788

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.366

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.911

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 6.261

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.181

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 42.833

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.620

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.105

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 6.281

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.837

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.787

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.193

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.122

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.079

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.628

And the computer boots Tails 29.352

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.667

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.265

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

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 17.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.049

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 6.337

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.744

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.700

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.255

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.583

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.309

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.077

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.873

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.376

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.636

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 6.244

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 3.948

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.760

# 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 4.418

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.136

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.290

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.789

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.283

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.164

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.082

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.750

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.135

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.537

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.262

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 6.771

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967

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	5:39.006	Passed

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