Cucumber Reports (no 4274) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4274	12 Mar 2026, 15:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:44.039	Passed

20.428

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.010

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 13.329

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.594

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.814

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.417

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.388

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.890

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.932

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 0.002

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 system time with "+1 day" 0.225

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.579

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.808

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.258

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.290

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.345

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.194

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.214

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.285

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.642

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.678

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.157

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.523

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 59.878

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.113

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.919

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 0.065

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.911

And the computer boots Tails 36.590

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.343

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.322

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 20.143

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.823

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.812

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.694

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.809

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.829

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.967

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.820

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.518

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.317

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.476

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.013

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.819

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.866

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.740

# 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 4.177

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.183

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.576

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.758

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.506

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.425

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.979

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.207

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.131

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 9.224

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.390

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 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

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	6:44.039	Passed

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