Cucumber Reports (no 4637) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4637	26 Sep 2026, 11:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:44.227	Passed

17.178

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.349

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 10.754

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.919

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.280

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.690

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.912

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.932

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.559

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 6.340

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.172

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.827

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.689

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.087

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.357

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.930

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 6.367

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 43.641

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.686

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.142

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 6.331

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.802

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.333

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.668

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.716

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 0.087

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.623

And the computer boots Tails 30.947

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.674

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 6.401

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.120

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 18.088

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.012

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.386

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.852

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.902

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.590

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.345

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.506

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.579

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.285

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.118

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.838

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.918

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 6.351

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.936

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

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 4.319

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.313

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.425

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.406

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.089

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.998

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.174

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.308

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 8.422

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.318

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 0.010

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:44.227	Passed

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