Cucumber Reports (no 4679) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4679	18 Oct 2026, 11:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:39.109	Passed

19.047

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 6.394

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.578

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.784

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.247

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.979

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.494

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.998

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.503

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.188

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.926

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.272

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.175

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.392

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.005

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 6.487

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.016

And the computer reboots Tails 41.513

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.798

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.878

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 6.218

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.652

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 40.953

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.050

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010

Steps

Given a computer 0.103

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.653

And the computer boots Tails 29.242

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.896

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.405

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 17.298

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.642

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.307

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.169

And all notifications have disappeared 2.379

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.766

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.585

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.558

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.641

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.309

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.075

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.165

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.322

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.436

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 6.177

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.763

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

# 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 4.093

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.347

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.488

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.362

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.152

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.004

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.424

# 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" 0.209

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.864

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 6.272

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.098

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.131

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.323

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 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613

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	5:39.109	Passed

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