Cucumber Reports (no 4319) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4319	05 Apr 2026, 07:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:14.406	Passed

20.467

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 6.684

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.711

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.329

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.905

When the network is plugged 0.115

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.115

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.465

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.689

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.172

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.381

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.588

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.119

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.163

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.044

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.243

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 0.667

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.112

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.454

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.303

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.463

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.886

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.316

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 6.533

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.778

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.597

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.399

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.150

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" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.725

And the computer boots Tails 33.006

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.359

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.429

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 6.618

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 18.661

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.762

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 6.985

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 3.849

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.313

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.664

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.203

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.774

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.685

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.027

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.296

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:24.235

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 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.400

And all notifications have disappeared 3.828

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.426

# 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 4.072

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.465

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.262

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" 0.266

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.529

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.408

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.219

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.624

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.472

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 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906

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	7:14.406	Passed

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