Cucumber Reports (no 4313) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4313	02 Apr 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:42.092	Passed

18.479

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 6.600

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 11.812

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.536

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 6.499

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.370

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.012

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.592

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.921

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 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.508

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.018

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.145

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.277

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 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.966

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.310

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.001

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.086

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.080

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 6.860

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.221

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:9.496

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.495

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.635

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.771

And the computer boots Tails 32.544

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.779

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 6.468

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 19.178

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.113

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 6.588

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 4.175

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.274

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.747

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.305

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.898

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.972

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.474

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.203

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.940

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 6.686

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.208

And all notifications have disappeared 4.030

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.739

# 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 4.017

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.500

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.798

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.424

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.353

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.201

# 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" 0.288

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.638

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 6.525

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.073

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.638

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.379

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 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851

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	6:42.092	Passed

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