Cucumber Reports (no 4629) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4629	19 Sep 2026, 11:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:36.015	Passed

18.399

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 6.248

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 12.051

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.060

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.257

When the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.849

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.088

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.789

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.734

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 6.312

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.205

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.948

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.020

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.832

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.337

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.624

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.262

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.536

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.580

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.911

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.313

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.626

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.709

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.920

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.100

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.598

And the computer boots Tails 29.161

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.953

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.398

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 17.374

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.465

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 6.243

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.752

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.835

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.748

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.340

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.525

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.302

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.072

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.886

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.321

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.437

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.534

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 6.164

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.753

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.740

# 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 4.010

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.290

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.922

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.313

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.084

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.878

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.348

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.085

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.273

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.411

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.302

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.086

And the network is plugged 0.040

And Tor is ready 7.707

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.270

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494

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	5:36.015	Passed

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