Cucumber Reports (no 4302) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4302	29 Mar 2026, 11:41

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:54.391	Passed

21.233

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.750

When the network is plugged 0.044

And I successfully configure Tor 14.376

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.688

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 6.870

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.547

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.074

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.132

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.397

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.574

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.246

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.636

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 14.222

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.210

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

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 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.206

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 6.724

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.366

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.114

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.994

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.281

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.905

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.384

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.283

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.702

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.872

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 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.849

And the computer boots Tails 35.643

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.055

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.838

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.068

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.305

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 6.835

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.233

And all notifications have disappeared 3.747

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.994

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.721

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.321

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.145

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.876

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.323

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.338

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.784

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.919

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.219

And all notifications have disappeared 3.775

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.928

# 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 4.257

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.667

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.758

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.574

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.239

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.294

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.273

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.566

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 6.701

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.208

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.542

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 0.007

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

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	6:54.391	Passed

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