Cucumber Reports (no 4301) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4301	29 Mar 2026, 08:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:0.965	Passed

19.459

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.550

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 12.845

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.553

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 6.480

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.776

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.982

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.232

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.832

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 6.577

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.381

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.244

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.144

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.240

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.046

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 6.507

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.205

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 49.878

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.443

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.225

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 6.600

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.625

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.728

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.598

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" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 32.766

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.564

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 6.597

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.080

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.808

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.116

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.474

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.525

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.661

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.272

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.722

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.772

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.464

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.312

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.347

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 6.535

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.125

And all notifications have disappeared 3.497

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.161

# 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 4.008

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.439

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.200

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.335

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.881

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.232

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.219

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.539

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.239

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

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 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

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	6:0.965	Passed

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