Cucumber Reports (no 4640) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4640	28 Sep 2026, 16:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.873	Passed

18.205

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.347

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 11.780

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.602

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.291

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.289

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.043

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.316

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.272

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.056

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.683

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.771

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.026

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.325

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.087

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 6.493

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.311

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 43.382

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.893

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.952

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.518

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.423

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 43.398

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.605

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.728

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.110

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

And I start the computer 0.583

And the computer boots Tails 30.974

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.893

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 6.210

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 18.505

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.494

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 6.214

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 4.128

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.629

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.836

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.159

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.730

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.884

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.357

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.816

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.845

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 6.261

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.007

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.274

# 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 4.027

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.471

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.381

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.250

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.125

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.989

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.365

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.145

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.747

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 6.334

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 6.963

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.338

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 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

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	5:42.873	Passed

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