Cucumber Reports (no 4325) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4325	07 Apr 2026, 11:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:30.586	Passed

18.619

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.458

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.096

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.598

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 6.482

When the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.075

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.568

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.411

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.162

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.429

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.231

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.783

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.688

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.730

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 0.235

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.251

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 6.633

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.206

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 50.022

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.383

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.984

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 6.546

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.442

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 45.924

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.469

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.761

And the computer boots Tails 32.614

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.454

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 6.521

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.116

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 17.702

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.092

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.435

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.532

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.743

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.200

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.499

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.819

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.284

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.968

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.293

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.469

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.632

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.898

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.237

# 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 4.125

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.462

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.922

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.591

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.347

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.037

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.246

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.141

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 6.821

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.732

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 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855

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	6:30.586	Passed

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