Cucumber Reports (no 4627) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4627	17 Sep 2026, 16:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:51.536	Passed

19.292

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.682

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.983

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 6.330

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.147

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.340

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.039

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.365

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.749

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.272

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.267

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.615

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.382

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.878

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.661

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.216

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.214

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.780

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.346

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.645

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.540

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.099

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.290

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.709

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.203

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.100

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.014

And I start the computer 0.694

And the computer boots Tails 31.329

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.500

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.874

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 17.464

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.553

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.632

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.812

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.757

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.785

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.968

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.949

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.301

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.262

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.443

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.999

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.642

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.714

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.650

# 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 4.531

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.308

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.144

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.344

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.155

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.159

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.498

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.169

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.115

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.650

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.136

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 6.929

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.363

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 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

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	5:51.536	Passed

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