Cucumber Reports (no 4318) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4318	04 Apr 2026, 11:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:0.981	Passed

20.109

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 7.058

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 12.958

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.133

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 7.056

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.774

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.783

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.447

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.512

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 6.820

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.323

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.502

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.745

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.651

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.086

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:9.849

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.757

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.351

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.732

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.973

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.030

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.948

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.308

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.680

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.493

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 0.051

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.797

And the computer boots Tails 34.313

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

40.538

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 19.039

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 20.335

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.399

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 6.773

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 4.107

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.077

And the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.399

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.655

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.229

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.810

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.982

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.423

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.204

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.303

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.824

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 7.179

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.280

And all notifications have disappeared 4.080

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.215

# 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 4.618

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.257

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.477

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.882

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.453

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.345

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.143

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.275

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.262

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.146

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 6.646

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 9.932

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.468

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 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

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	7:0.981	Passed

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