Cucumber Reports (no 4669) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4669	10 Oct 2026, 11:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:52.599	Passed

19.260

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 6.334

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 12.850

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.323

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 6.470

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.122

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.327

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.338

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.839

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 6.454

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.256

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.919

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.869

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.920

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.327

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.179

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 6.501

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 45.166

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.971

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 6.727

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.261

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 44.119

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.849

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.466

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 0.097

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.685

And the computer boots Tails 30.578

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.200

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 6.477

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.588

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.959

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.519

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 4.061

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.272

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.696

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.195

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.266

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.763

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.366

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.962

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.404

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.651

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 6.427

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.190

And all notifications have disappeared 3.700

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.214

# 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 4.324

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.312

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.656

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.502

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.324

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.977

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 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.151

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.746

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.051

And Tor is ready 9.107

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.485

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 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

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	5:52.599	Passed

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