Cucumber Reports (no 4329) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4329	08 Apr 2026, 14:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:0.129	Passed

21.133

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 0.014

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.924

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 14.136

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.053

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 6.750

When the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.420

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.440

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.362

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.125

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.397

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.232

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.495

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.419

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.143

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.369

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.798

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 0.012

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.124

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.251

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 1:4.408

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.753

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 6.919

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.849

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.505

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.472

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.521

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.932

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

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

And I start the computer 0.817

And the computer boots Tails 34.590

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.455

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.221

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 6.860

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.085

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 19.192

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.794

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 6.830

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 4.095

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.533

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.605

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.794

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.366

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.223

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.839

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 6.914

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.209

And all notifications have disappeared 4.051

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.230

# 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 4.603

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.266

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.680

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.840

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.420

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.282

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.556

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.477

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 19.535

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.401

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.438

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.314

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	7:0.129	Passed

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