Cucumber Reports (no 4270) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4270	10 Mar 2026, 08:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:18.491	Passed

20.526

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.509

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 13.954

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.174

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.398

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.693

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.879

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.142

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.650

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 6.400

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.536

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.372

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.749

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.321

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.726

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 6.619

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.845

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.883

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.704

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.175

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.168

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.827

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.089

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 0.044

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

And I start the computer 0.747

And the computer boots Tails 32.245

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.657

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 6.547

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.965

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.364

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.601

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.504

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.161

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.247

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.739

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.782

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.437

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.343

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.907

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 6.541

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.350

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.804

# 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 3.796

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.482

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.032

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.534

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.277

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.224

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.509

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.523

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

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.483

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.396

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:527 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021

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	7:18.491	Passed

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