Cucumber Reports (no 4678) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4678	17 Oct 2026, 11:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:44.541	Passed

18.274

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.163

When the network is plugged 0.069

And I successfully configure Tor 12.004

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.743

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.344

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.087

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.825

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.392

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.324

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 6.539

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.239

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.616

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.109

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.368

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.228

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.207

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.675

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.804

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.061

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 6.271

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.797

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.763

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.222

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.428

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.091

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

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 30.556

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.927

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 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.262

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.123

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.485

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.925

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.263

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.621

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.846

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.654

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.816

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.351

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.087

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.387

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.528

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 6.554

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.210

And all notifications have disappeared 3.712

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.631

# 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 4.422

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.275

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.705

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.506

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.359

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.869

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.503

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.098

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 6.205

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 8.454

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.321

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 0.369

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658

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	5:44.541	Passed

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