Cucumber Reports (no 4341) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4341	14 Apr 2026, 12:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:30.371	Passed

20.889

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.857

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.973

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.433

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 6.889

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.467

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.329

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.675

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.735

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.933

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 0.009

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.838

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.297

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.424

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 15.872

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.139

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 0.301

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.895

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.839

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.244

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 54.687

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.116

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.297

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.732

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 6.867

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.863

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 55.083

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.910

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.527

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.958

And the computer boots Tails 36.060

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.438

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.722

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.620

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 6.837

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 48.643

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.289

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.775

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.747

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 2.243

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.697

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.260

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.925

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.149

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.145

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.283

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.310

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:22.803

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.783

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.944

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

# 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 4.312

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.273

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.575

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.912

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.466

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.908

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.490

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.076

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.258

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.263

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.244

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.023

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 9.587

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.481

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 0.016

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003

	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	7:30.371	Passed

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