Cucumber Reports (no 4316) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4316	03 Apr 2026, 11:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:41.916	Passed

19.863

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 6.748

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 13.013

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.434

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 6.677

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.596

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.717

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.370

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.848

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.846

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.267

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.060

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.472

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.711

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.173

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.258

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:13.334

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 6.463

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.340

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.634

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.887

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.967

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 7.095

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.884

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.263

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.713

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.254

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

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

And I start the computer 0.875

And the computer boots Tails 33.965

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.345

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.424

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.743

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.528

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.632

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 6.676

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.254

And all notifications have disappeared 3.710

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.665

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.209

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.871

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.993

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.388

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.120

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.285

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.206

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.680

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.236

And all notifications have disappeared 3.800

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.235

# 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 4.365

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.490

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.085

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.431

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.138

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.377

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.206

# 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" 0.351

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.948

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.699

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.112

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 8.771

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.345

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010

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	6:41.916	Passed

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