Cucumber Reports (no 4293) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4293	25 Mar 2026, 14:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:28.481	Passed

20.250

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.702

When the network is plugged 0.048

And I successfully configure Tor 13.457

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.991

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.670

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.393

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.761

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.074

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.170

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 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.287

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.258

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.414

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.069

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.588

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.487

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.344

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 6.874

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.195

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 54.877

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.387

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.857

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.793

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.062

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 54.361

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.633

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.944

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" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.735

And the computer boots Tails 36.763

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.384

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.333

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 6.740

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.110

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 19.423

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.287

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.892

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.895

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.207

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.915

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.264

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.480

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.152

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.214

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.301

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.809

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 7.323

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 3.882

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.283

# 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 4.274

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.844

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.083

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.578

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.016

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.272

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.492

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 7.007

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.976

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.399

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.305

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

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	6:28.481	Passed

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