Cucumber Reports (no 4288) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4288	22 Mar 2026, 11:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:0.006	Passed

19.149

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 6.589

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.491

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.070

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 6.542

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.358

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.047

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.061

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.140

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.529

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 6.523

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.234

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.353

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.129

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.921

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.303

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:26.692

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.710

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.446

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

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 6.652

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.240

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.699

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.025

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 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.033

And I start the computer 0.762

And the computer boots Tails 32.134

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.993

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 6.819

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.119

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.993

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.066

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.563

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.971

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.255

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.845

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.148

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.895

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.812

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.313

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.259

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.163

And all notifications have disappeared 4.020

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.224

# 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 4.458

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.541

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.646

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.452

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.230

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.816

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.229

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.336

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 6.626

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.256

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.348

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 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	7:0.006	Passed

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