Cucumber Reports (no 4296) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4296	27 Mar 2026, 07:59

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:1.164	Passed

18.432

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 6.464

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 11.886

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.357

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 6.452

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.399

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.808

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.642

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.052

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 6.803

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.136

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.006

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.643

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.113

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.269

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.895

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 6.469

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.345

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.573

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.501

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:22.062

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.617

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.451

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:12.992

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.995

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.727

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 0.076

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

And I start the computer 0.737

And the computer boots Tails 31.860

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.996

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 6.513

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.067

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 22.355

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.748

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 6.588

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.837

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.360

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.822

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.239

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.648

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.112

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.247

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.275

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 0.004

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" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.662

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.725

# 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 4.091

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.185

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.528

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.584

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.386

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 11.471

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.261

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.616

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 6.507

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.546

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.464

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 0.956

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	7:1.164	Passed

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