Cucumber Reports (no 4680) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4680	19 Oct 2026, 11:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:42.614	Passed

19.209

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 6.458

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 12.666

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.219

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.559

When the network is plugged 0.140

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.033

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.499

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.946

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.098

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 6.408

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.170

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.758

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.436

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.899

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

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 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.434

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 41.881

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.854

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.243

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 6.188

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.059

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.668

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.774

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 0.082

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.629

And the computer boots Tails 29.004

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.409

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 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.038

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.479

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.124

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.134

And all notifications have disappeared 3.547

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.809

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.630

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.193

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.384

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.929

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.301

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.888

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.317

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.917

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 6.289

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.400

And I capture all network traffic 0.013

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.611

# 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 4.138

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.262

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.340

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.478

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.344

# "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" 1.093

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.980

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.090

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.826

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 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.032

And Tor is ready 8.170

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.311

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 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742

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	5:42.614	Passed

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