Cucumber Reports (no 4356) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4356	21 Apr 2026, 18:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:18.012	Passed

19.756

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.118

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 12.584

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.257

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.482

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010

Steps

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

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.360

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.766

And I wait until Tor is ready 32.267

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.846

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 6.817

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.643

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.369

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.442

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 0.299

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.575

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.070

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.797

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.505

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.214

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.958

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.267

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.940

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.350

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.081

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

And I start the computer 0.780

And the computer boots Tails 34.176

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.304

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.057

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 0.016

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.665

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.093

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.238

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.582

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 6.602

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.207

And all notifications have disappeared 4.202

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.659

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.255

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.873

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.318

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.400

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.233

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.345

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

1:24.554

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.194

And all notifications have disappeared 4.023

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.260

# 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 4.321

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.763

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.686

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.552

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.339

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 36.509

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.385

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.239

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.592

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 6.782

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.080

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.322

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.383

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954

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	7:18.012	Passed

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