Cucumber Reports (no 4348) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4348	16 Apr 2026, 11:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.497	Passed

19.120

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 6.398

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 12.633

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.209

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.854

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.233

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 6.389

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.911

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.726

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.158

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.912

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 6.397

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.154

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.822

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.028

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.182

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.242

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.697

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 6.416

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.212

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 46.016

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.911

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 6.433

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.510

And I warm reboot the computer 0.040

And the computer reboots Tails 45.988

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.938

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.632

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 0.726

And the computer boots Tails 31.809

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.310

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 6.498

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.073

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.677

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:25.192

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 6.534

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.142

And all notifications have disappeared 3.549

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.251

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.589

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.612

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.150

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 34.245

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.300

# 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 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.186

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 6.506

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.758

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.168

# 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 3.894

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.222

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.564

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.654

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.247

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.970

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.240

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.297

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.861

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.299

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 6.475

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.012

And Tor is ready 8.334

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.379

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839

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	6:20.497	Passed

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