Cucumber Reports (no 4483) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4483	06 Jul 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.738	Passed

21.161

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 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.190

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.902

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.852

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.986

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.326

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.646

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.804

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.311

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.277

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.189

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.211

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.886

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.979

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.434

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.488

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.626

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.902

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.242

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.957

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.517

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.664

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.620

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.058

And I warm reboot the computer 0.019

And the computer reboots Tails 54.135

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.831

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.342

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.059

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.749

And the computer boots Tails 34.153

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.370

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.521

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 0.001

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.110

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 18.703

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.685

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 6.906

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.689

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.093

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.249

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.607

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.236

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.030

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.724

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.924

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.447

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.126

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 6.914

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 3.499

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.352

# 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 4.103

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.532

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.361

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.509

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.329

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.070

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.465

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.482

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 6.704

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.239

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.428

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.406

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997

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	6:20.738	Passed

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