Cucumber Reports (no 4444) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4444	12 Jun 2026, 11:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:19.021	Passed

21.605

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.033

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.027

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.152

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 14.381

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.208

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.186

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.317

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.405

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.218

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.361

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.326

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.029

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.856

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.152

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.416

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.354

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.925

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 0.028

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.422

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.280

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.775

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.439

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.140

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.389

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.756

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.844

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.142

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.252

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given a computer 0.196

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.024

And I start the computer 0.894

And the computer boots Tails 33.810

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.466

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.470

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 0.168

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.740

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.330

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.431

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.275

And all notifications have disappeared 3.620

And I capture all network traffic 0.030

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.021

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.907

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.857

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.282

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.381

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.800

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 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.247

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.468

And I capture all network traffic 0.025

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.274

# 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 4.520

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.458

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.761

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.498

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.160

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.109

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.268

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.248

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.929

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.109

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.108

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 9.193

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.460

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 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	6:19.021	Passed

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