Cucumber Reports (no 4352) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4352	20 Apr 2026, 11:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:56.465	Passed

21.201

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 6.832

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 14.291

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.195

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 6.775

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.625

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.695

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.029

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.960

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 6.533

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.194

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.793

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.676

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.435

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.252

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.352

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 6.553

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.266

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:10.896

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.630

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:22.956

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 6.560

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.395

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:14.529

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.466

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.801

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 0.047

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.703

And the computer boots Tails 31.983

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.128

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.559

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 6.572

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

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 19.845

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.982

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.776

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.213

And all notifications have disappeared 3.778

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.050

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.166

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.835

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.216

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.821

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.186

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.118

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.253

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.797

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 6.508

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.377

And all notifications have disappeared 3.777

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.294

# 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 4.367

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.478

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.285

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.250

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.156

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.286

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.657

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 6.742

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.427

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.385

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938

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	6:56.465	Passed

Feature Report