Cucumber Reports (no 4317) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4317	04 Apr 2026, 08:06

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:35.881	Passed

40.446

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 6.916

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 33.428

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.501

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.709

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 6.861

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.406

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.261

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.109

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.593

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 7.031

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.243

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.190

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.121

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.696

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.245

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:28.563

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.976

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:20.699

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.671

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:31.940

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 6.899

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.046

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:22.353

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.633

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.892

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 0.054

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

And I start the computer 0.735

And the computer boots Tails 31.944

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.149

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.255

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 6.750

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.070

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 19.371

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.125

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.700

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 6.753

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.685

And I capture all network traffic 0.014

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.869

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.733

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.283

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.634

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.303

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.509

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.178

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.309

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.339

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 6.500

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.596

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.207

# 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 4.705

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.264

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.482

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.748

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.393

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.302

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.237

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.308

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.440

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.097

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 9.773

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.474

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.399

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873

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	7:35.881	Passed

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