Cucumber Reports (no 4338) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4338	13 Apr 2026, 17:42

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:1.380	Passed

19.945

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 6.488

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.394

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.351

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.465

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.165

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.548

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.109

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.895

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 6.528

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.184

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.062

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.434

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.266

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.106

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.290

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.954

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 6.549

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.291

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 46.727

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.375

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.190

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.558

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.640

And I warm reboot the computer 0.030

And the computer reboots Tails 50.511

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.449

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.208

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 0.783

And the computer boots Tails 32.112

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.025

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 6.459

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.066

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 17.435

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.660

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 6.488

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.156

And all notifications have disappeared 3.745

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.043

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.177

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.455

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.212

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.697

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.751

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.467

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.992

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.288

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.187

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 6.560

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.770

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.203

# 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 3.971

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.439

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.236

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.432

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.325

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.080

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.261

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.960

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 6.482

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.071

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.054

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.333

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 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037

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	6:1.380	Passed

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