Cucumber Reports (no 4346) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4346	15 Apr 2026, 11:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.246	Passed

19.222

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 6.452

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 12.694

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.669

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 6.462

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.882

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.772

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.491

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.159

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.069

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 6.399

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.131

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.152

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.298

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.719

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.079

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.268

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.148

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.195

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 6.466

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.210

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 49.110

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.395

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.959

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 6.461

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.494

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.950

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.376

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 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.692

And the computer boots Tails 32.560

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.068

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.645

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 6.595

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.089

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.894

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.320

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.347

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 6.586

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.800

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.234

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.674

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.205

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.703

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.790

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.493

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.180

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.118

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.225

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.359

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.640

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.707

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.183

# 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 4.338

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.276

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.587

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.510

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.124

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.161

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.272

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.281

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.402

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.081

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.202

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.373

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 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642

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	6:2.246	Passed

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