Cucumber Reports (no 4671) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4671	12 Oct 2026, 11:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:3.468	Passed

19.775

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 6.799

When the network is plugged 0.059

And I successfully configure Tor 12.880

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.631

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 6.799

When the network is plugged 0.055

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.678

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.134

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.931

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.924

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.420

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.146

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.820

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.486

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.630

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.329

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.571

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 6.453

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.163

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 43.895

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.333

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.856

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 6.466

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.385

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.531

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.467

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.736

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 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.090

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.016

And I start the computer 0.653

And the computer boots Tails 30.929

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.013

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 6.385

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.466

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:8.013

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.336

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.515

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.923

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.597

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.171

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.788

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.559

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.349

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.600

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.810

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.652

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.669

# 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 4.341

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.307

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.528

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.870

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.305

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.142

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.110

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.341

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.154

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.344

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.366

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.518

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.320

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 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559

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	6:3.468	Passed

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