Cucumber Reports (no 4481) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4481	05 Jul 2026, 11:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:16.390	Passed

19.091

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.766

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.820

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.709

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.371

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.371

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.265

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.327

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.714

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.654

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.828

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.276

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.244

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.487

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.059

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 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.473

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.050

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.312

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.116

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.576

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.637

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.953

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 51.833

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.147

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.612

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.072

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.689

And the computer boots Tails 34.460

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.383

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.986

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.609

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 20.231

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.436

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.707

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.750

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.202

And all notifications have disappeared 3.497

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.631

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.006

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.923

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.492

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.034

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.415

# 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 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.613

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.844

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.176

And all notifications have disappeared 3.557

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.272

# 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 4.058

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.703

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.888

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.482

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.328

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.195

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.386

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.208

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.534

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.288

And the network is plugged 0.072

And Tor is ready 8.845

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.461

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767

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	6:16.390	Passed

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