Cucumber Reports (no 4307) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4307	31 Mar 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:24.282	Passed

19.856

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.481

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.325

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.546

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.541

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.409

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.111

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.424

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.879

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.524

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.170

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.251

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.143

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.372

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.186

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.025

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:22.272

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 6.554

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.724

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:13.516

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.472

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.983

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 0.003

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 0.721

And the computer boots Tails 32.815

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.388

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.039

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 49.346

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.387

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.561

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.865

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.766

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

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.252

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.890

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.238

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.028

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.238

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.532

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 6.454

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.617

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.964

# 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 4.208

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.244

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.437

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.689

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.440

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.241

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.213

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.285

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.365

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.640

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.726

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 9.374

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.432

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

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	7:24.282	Passed

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