Cucumber Reports (no 4335) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4335	11 Apr 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:57.341	Passed

20.296

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.719

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 13.506

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.840

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 6.975

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.800

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.727

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.247

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.149

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.997

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.713

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.224

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.564

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 13.858

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.252

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.311

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:15.581

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.908

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.203

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:7.706

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.756

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:17.088

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 6.967

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.121

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 1:8.309

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.684

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.749

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 0.050

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.797

And the computer boots Tails 34.490

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.400

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.821

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 7.058

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 19.611

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:0.372

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 6.727

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.252

And all notifications have disappeared 3.758

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.049

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.876

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.763

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.905

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.387

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.474

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.425

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.286

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.689

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 6.732

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.183

And all notifications have disappeared 4.005

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 3.024

# 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 4.147

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.256

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.660

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.999

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.545

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.286

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.281

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.311

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.905

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 6.922

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 9.531

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.346

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 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630

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	6:57.341	Passed

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