Cucumber Reports (no 4652) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4652	01 Oct 2026, 17:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:4.616	Passed

19.367

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.368

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 12.903

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.345

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.488

When the network is plugged 0.051

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.835

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.940

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.991

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.302

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 6.414

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.733

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.004

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.501

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.362

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.130

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 6.330

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.171

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.254

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.879

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.621

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.258

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.796

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.197

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.556

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.103

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

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

And I start the computer 0.653

And the computer boots Tails 30.310

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.557

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.083

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 18.908

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.760

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 6.363

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 4.025

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.704

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.412

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.913

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.288

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.797

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.330

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.907

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.341

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.139

And all notifications have disappeared 3.926

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.194

# 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 4.164

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.706

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.850

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.298

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.152

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.018

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 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.262

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.210

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.102

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.467

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.451

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 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496

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	6:4.616	Passed

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