Cucumber Reports (no 4566) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4566	23 Aug 2026, 11:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.000	Passed

18.136

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.444

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 11.608

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.765

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.150

When the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.989

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.346

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.191

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.043

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.926

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.135

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.955

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.765

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.787

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.377

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.911

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.294

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.179

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 43.000

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.424

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.250

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 6.626

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.628

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.299

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.691

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.139

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 0.082

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.650

And the computer boots Tails 29.317

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.586

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.231

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.082

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.207

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.140

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 6.277

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.900

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.037

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.854

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.811

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.482

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.501

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.344

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:3.299

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.023

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.134

And all notifications have disappeared 3.913

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.709

# 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 4.213

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.498

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.953

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.353

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.062

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.439

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.727

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 6.221

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

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 7.019

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.371

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 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704

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	6:3.000	Passed

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