Cucumber Reports (no 4292) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4292	25 Mar 2026, 11:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:15.946	Passed

19.020

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 6.445

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.517

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.807

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.719

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.917

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.763

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.317

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.033

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 6.765

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.693

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.659

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.409

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.990

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.432

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.334

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.341

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 6.770

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.244

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.586

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.731

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.087

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 6.788

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.306

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.429

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.555

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.530

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.679

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.065

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.736

And the computer boots Tails 33.509

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.358

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.274

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.748

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 49.366

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.525

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 6.732

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.232

And all notifications have disappeared 3.814

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 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.430

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.727

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.318

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.892

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.954

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.389

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.296

# 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 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.143

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 6.651

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 4.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.230

# 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 4.254

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.268

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.695

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.859

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.337

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.289

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.335

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.032

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.800

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.680

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.450

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959

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	7:15.946	Passed

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