Cucumber Reports (no 4616) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4616	14 Sep 2026, 18:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:37.625	Passed

17.250

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.249

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 10.931

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.404

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.258

When the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.945

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.655

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 6.248

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.152

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.898

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.810

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.013

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.439

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.357

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.236

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.199

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 42.602

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.868

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 6.847

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.028

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 42.166

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.817

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.769

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

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

And I start the computer 0.611

And the computer boots Tails 29.021

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.576

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.277

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 17.124

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.547

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 6.121

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.735

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.758

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.770

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.330

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.703

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.857

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.810

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 6.189

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.343

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.722

# 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 4.302

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.284

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.395

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" 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.160

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.384

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.156

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 6.790

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.327

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 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525

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	5:37.625	Passed

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