Cucumber Reports (no 4355) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4355	21 Apr 2026, 13:50

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:6.548	Passed

20.788

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.860

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 13.848

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.291

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.888

When the network is plugged 0.071

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.959

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.162

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.158

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.860

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 7.124

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.315

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.568

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.783

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.662

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.319

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.618

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.948

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.190

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.345

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.123

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:16.002

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.456

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.541

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:6.237

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.761

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.913

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.982

And the computer boots Tails 36.481

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.359

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.284

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 6.956

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.077

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 19.148

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.706

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.962

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.760

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.174

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.111

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.976

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.063

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.615

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.146

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.884

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.435

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.098

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.218

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.191

And all notifications have disappeared 3.628

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.756

# 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 4.117

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.223

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.657

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.422

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.494

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.198

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.323

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.369

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.984

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.364

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.115

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 10.039

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.438

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 0.269

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015

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	7:6.548	Passed

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