Cucumber Reports (no 4470) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4470	27 Jun 2026, 11:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:17.810	Passed

20.005

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.083

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.848

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.029

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.916

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.494

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.390

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.164

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.786

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.751

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.294

And I capture all network traffic 0.102

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.530

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.508

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.452

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.538

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.002

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.005

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.313

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.721

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.121

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.598

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.369

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.625

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.892

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.992

And the computer boots Tails 34.746

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.082

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.764

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.878

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.105

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.711

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.735

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 6.624

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.488

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.225

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.806

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.126

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.451

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.457

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.163

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 0.569

# 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 0.319

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.313

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 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.161

And all notifications have disappeared 3.404

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.286

# 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 4.405

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.311

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.562

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.828

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.490

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.082

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.397

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.022

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.872

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.535

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.482

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 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936

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	6:17.810	Passed

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