Cucumber Reports (no 4275) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4275	12 Mar 2026, 16:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:6.550	Passed

20.255

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.110

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.765

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.810

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.484

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.061

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.322

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.319

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.813

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.736

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.494

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.744

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.268

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.685

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.943

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.257

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.863

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.613

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.193

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 6.693

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.495

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 58.894

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.103

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.201

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.857

And the computer boots Tails 36.893

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.372

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.113

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.622

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 7.026

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 19.426

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.362

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.650

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.864

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 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.808

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.699

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.139

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.919

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.797

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.482

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.212

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.326

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.771

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.872

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 4.045

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.914

# 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 4.273

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.708

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.693

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.511

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.220

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.371

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.764

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

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 8.894

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.597

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.316

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.224

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	7:6.550	Passed

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