Cucumber Reports (no 4641) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4641	28 Sep 2026, 17:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:44.085	Passed

18.600

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 6.441

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 12.092

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.863

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 6.434

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.068

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.149

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.127

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.212

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 6.464

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.168

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.080

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.555

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.519

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.774

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.200

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.436

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.553

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.068

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 6.205

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.845

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 41.690

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.320

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.507

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" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.678

And the computer boots Tails 29.687

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.782

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 6.345

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.279

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.839

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 6.273

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.938

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.704

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.680

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.269

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.610

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.360

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.317

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.951

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 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.040

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 6.596

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.735

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.607

# 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 4.410

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.534

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.055

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.375

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.349

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.106

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.394

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.219

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 8.698

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.363

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 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523

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	5:44.085	Passed

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