Cucumber Reports (no 4305) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4305	30 Mar 2026, 15:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.049	Passed

19.774

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.401

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 13.288

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.276

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 6.440

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.406

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.295

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.064

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.911

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.490

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.153

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.973

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.937

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.077

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.213

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.557

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 6.636

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.175

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.444

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.268

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.478

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.800

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 45.794

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.190

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.900

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.047

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

And I start the computer 0.750

And the computer boots Tails 32.786

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.309

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.092

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 6.520

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.450

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.416

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 6.667

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.143

And all notifications have disappeared 3.499

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.683

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.914

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.727

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.509

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.412

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.162

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.221

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.286

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 6.524

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 3.831

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.695

# 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 4.377

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.431

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.612

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.414

# "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" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.934

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.268

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.564

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 6.488

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.099

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.457

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.491

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 0.011

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032

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	6:1.049	Passed

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