Cucumber Reports (no 4357) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4357	21 Apr 2026, 22:34

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:51.204	Passed

19.524

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 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.905

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 12.536

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.972

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.766

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.070

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.368

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.697

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.276

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.786

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.193

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.090

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.049

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.763

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 0.316

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.305

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.575

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.241

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.110

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.372

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.953

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 6.586

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.364

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 54.367

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.626

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.633

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 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.807

And the computer boots Tails 36.442

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.320

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.305

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 6.883

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.117

When the network is plugged 0.046

And I successfully configure Tor 49.194

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.161

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 6.736

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.304

And all notifications have disappeared 4.313

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.893

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.985

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.844

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.470

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.352

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.443

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 6.644

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.217

And all notifications have disappeared 4.469

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.268

# 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 4.291

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.571

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.838

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.449

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.327

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.248

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.629

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 0.004

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 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.289

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.517

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 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885

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	6:51.204	Passed

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