Cucumber Reports (no 4648) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4648	30 Sep 2026, 18:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.974	Passed

20.424

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 6.875

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 13.458

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.128

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.683

When the network is plugged 0.907

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.859

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.323

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.313

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.234

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 6.688

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.239

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.907

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.918

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.969

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.419

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.976

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.594

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.278

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.343

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.754

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.734

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.791

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.948

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.923

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.335

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011

Steps

Given a computer 0.121

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.026

And I start the computer 0.732

And the computer boots Tails 32.225

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.228

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.822

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 6.351

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.159

When the network is plugged 0.050

And I successfully configure Tor 18.223

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.638

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 7.258

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 4.147

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.706

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.807

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.181

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.909

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.355

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.389

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.120

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.332

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.988

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.802

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.599

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.791

# 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 4.145

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.169

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.515

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.300

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.340

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.022

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.343

# 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" 0.155

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.691

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.311

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.128

And the network is plugged 0.107

And Tor is ready 7.742

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

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	5:57.974	Passed

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