Cucumber Reports (no 4482) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4482	06 Jul 2026, 07:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.079	Passed

20.074

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.867

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.146

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.266

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.912

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.363

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.704

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.209

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.257

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 6.833

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.162

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.807

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.487

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.498

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.391

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.716

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.674

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.221

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.726

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.087

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.843

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 0.024

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.659

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.184

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 50.820

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.168

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.673

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.085

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 0.744

And the computer boots Tails 33.508

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.867

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.699

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.024

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.971

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 6.536

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 3.507

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.316

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.536

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.866

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.265

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.557

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.535

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.437

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 6.714

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.147

And all notifications have disappeared 3.425

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.224

# 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 4.143

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.553

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.226

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.447

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.245

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.113

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.453

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.969

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.763

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 7.635

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.467

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 0.399

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

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	6:10.079	Passed

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