Cucumber Reports (no 4672) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4672	12 Oct 2026, 15:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:50.996	Passed

19.673

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 6.525

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 13.060

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.876

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.658

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.719

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.079

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.339

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.977

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.081

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.144

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.229

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.834

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.126

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.474

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.679

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 6.425

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.364

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 43.127

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.755

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.100

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.870

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 6.568

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.297

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 44.039

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.958

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.986

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 0.086

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

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 30.107

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.410

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.380

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 6.621

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

When the network is plugged 0.040

And I successfully configure Tor 18.558

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.484

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 6.586

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.218

And all notifications have disappeared 2.783

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.005

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.682

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.243

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.908

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.930

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.322

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.066

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.430

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.526

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 6.607

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.242

And all notifications have disappeared 3.980

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.973

# 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 4.139

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.196

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.603

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.475

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" 0.169

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.935

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.364

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.334

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.540

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.823

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 8.310

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.271

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 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906

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	5:50.996	Passed

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