Cucumber Reports (no 4654) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4654	02 Oct 2026, 11:17

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:56.348	Passed

31.042

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 17.818

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 13.164

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.346

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.379

When the network is plugged 0.053

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.949

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.667

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.248

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.077

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.321

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.145

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.983

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.814

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.372

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.354

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.009

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.113

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.908

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.774

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.811

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.140

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.677

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.598

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.156

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 0.001

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 0.628

And the computer boots Tails 29.385

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.697

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 6.261

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.047

And I successfully configure Tor 17.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.323

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.425

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 6.280

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.922

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.907

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.692

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.564

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.685

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.022

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

# 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 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.789

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 6.265

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.610

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.713

# 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 4.415

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.478

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.472

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.400

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.278

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.011

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.366

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.215

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.991

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 6.397

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 7.140

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.322

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 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876

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	5:56.348	Passed

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