Cucumber Reports (no 4281) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4281	15 Mar 2026, 11:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:26.027	Passed

18.748

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.649

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.037

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.455

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 6.593

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.323

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.415

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.056

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.280

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.686

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 6.464

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.176

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.422

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.149

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.143

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.252

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.057

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 6.446

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.174

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.016

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.415

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.095

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.238

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 6.552

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.684

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 47.774

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.221

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.668

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.721

And the computer boots Tails 31.839

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.723

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 6.416

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.171

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.901

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 6.526

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 3.222

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.551

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.738

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.562

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.464

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.103

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.881

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.248

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.299

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 6.460

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.440

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.343

# 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 3.829

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.577

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.632

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 35.252

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.300

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.247

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 6.613

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.214

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.322

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

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	6:26.027	Passed

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