Cucumber Reports (no 4333) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4333	10 Apr 2026, 11:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:58.981	Passed

20.451

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 6.673

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.718

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.144

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 6.625

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.442

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.758

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.239

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.736

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 6.581

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.214

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.012

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.509

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.995

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:23.758

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 6.638

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.213

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:16.340

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.559

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.897

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 6.521

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.384

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.168

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.816

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.641

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.670

And the computer boots Tails 31.851

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.712

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 6.608

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

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 18.950

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.374

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 6.778

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.304

And all notifications have disappeared 3.869

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.434

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.519

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.850

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.940

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.455

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.489

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.250

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.665

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.729

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.336

And all notifications have disappeared 4.294

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.239

# 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 4.453

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.262

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.656

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.935

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.496

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.113

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.251

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.598

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.525

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.407

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 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

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	6:58.981	Passed

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