Cucumber Reports (no 4339) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4339	14 Apr 2026, 08:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:17.973	Passed

19.538

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 6.550

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.914

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.729

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.742

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.390

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.386

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.144

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.729

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 6.582

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.169

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.852

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.594

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.140

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.328

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.011

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 6.808

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.313

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.792

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.089

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.877

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.762

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.110

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.978

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

38.466

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 0.753

And the computer boots Tails 37.302

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.356

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.795

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.015

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.097

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 19.601

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.990

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.785

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 4.041

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.064

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.615

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.853

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.219

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.820

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.180

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.467

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.157

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.229

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.266

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:24.896

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 6.546

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.681

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.142

# 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 4.554

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.266

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.704

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.161

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.730

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.287

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.618

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.486

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.278

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.939

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.893

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.542

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.405

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 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.628

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	7:17.973	Passed

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