Cucumber Reports (no 4328) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4328	08 Apr 2026, 11:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:12.386	Passed

20.684

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.840

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 13.765

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.251

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 6.794

When the network is plugged 0.045

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.675

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.442

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.252

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.334

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 6.992

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.212

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.441

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.167

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.213

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

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 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:26.109

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.164

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.253

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.152

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.532

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.062

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:27.059

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 6.670

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.400

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:18.556

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.426

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.491

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 0.043

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

And I start the computer 0.668

And the computer boots Tails 32.704

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.732

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 6.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.128

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.816

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.744

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 6.987

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.164

And all notifications have disappeared 4.048

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.159

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.537

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.305

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.852

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.558

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.441

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.183

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.248

# 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 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.882

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 7.016

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.843

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

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 4.427

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.687

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.832

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.467

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.147

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.908

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.267

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.271

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.097

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.916

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

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 9.607

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.462

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 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	7:12.386	Passed

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