Cucumber Reports (no 4297) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4297	27 Mar 2026, 11:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:13.114	Passed

20.273

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 7.475

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 12.724

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.501

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 7.137

When the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.703

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.029

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.542

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.375

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.017

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.582

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.268

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.836

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.390

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.033

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 6.763

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.298

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.730

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:25.245

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.255

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.987

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.714

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.282

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.961

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 0.055

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.740

And the computer boots Tails 34.789

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.368

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.365

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 6.867

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 19.334

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.307

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.105

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.229

And all notifications have disappeared 4.247

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.571

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.648

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.323

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.111

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.908

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.522

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.187

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.093

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.187

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.337

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 7.303

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 4.052

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.768

# 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 4.197

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.220

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.524

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.831

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.155

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.545

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.351

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.711

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.273

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 9.726

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.596

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976

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	7:13.114	Passed

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