Cucumber Reports (no 4269) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4269	09 Mar 2026, 13:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.858	Passed

19.680

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.384

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.227

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.139

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.481

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.515

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.024

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.062

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.612

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.514

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.523

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.205

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.878

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.238

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.729

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.642

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.278

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.993

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.554

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.449

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.694

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.307

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.761

And the computer boots Tails 32.401

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.071

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.474

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.453

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.171

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.431

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.483

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.470

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 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.459

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.709

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.751

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.566

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.888

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.225

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.650

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.458

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.561

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.241

# 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 3.908

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.489

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.140

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.229

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.084

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.236

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.241

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.550

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.076

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.184

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.407

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	6:1.858	Passed

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