Cucumber Reports (no 4320) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4320	05 Apr 2026, 11:33

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:43.392	Passed

19.892

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.589

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.236

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.512

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.542

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.394

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

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.045

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.820

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.671

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.165

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.761

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.194

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.698

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

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 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.518

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.653

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.620

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.107

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 6.579

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.548

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.624

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.347

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.412

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.052

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

And I start the computer 0.809

And the computer boots Tails 34.479

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.141

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.659

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.095

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 18.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.363

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.711

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.933

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.154

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.110

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.255

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.059

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.821

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.398

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.273

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.234

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.817

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 6.516

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 4.133

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.139

# 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 4.561

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.240

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.468

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.726

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.498

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

When I click "Connect to Tor" 2.141

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.266

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.272

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.805

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 6.844

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.411

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.442

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805

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	6:43.392	Passed

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