Cucumber Reports (no 4278) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4278	13 Mar 2026, 11:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:43.025	Passed

19.028

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.455

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.507

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.432

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.566

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.655

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.552

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.559

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.289

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 6.432

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.186

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.734

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.435

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.186

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.224

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.950

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 6.406

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.222

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.317

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.998

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.081

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:19.116

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 6.488

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.632

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.379

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.610

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.023

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 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.741

And the computer boots Tails 33.853

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.371

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.119

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.766

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.099

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.178

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:26.331

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 6.480

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.638

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.085

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.455

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.821

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.742

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.160

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.569

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.739

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 6.751

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.665

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.192

# 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 4.247

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.450

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.779

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.441

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.238

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.992

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 6.468

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 10.020

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

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	7:43.025	Passed

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