Cucumber Reports (no 4359) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4359	22 Apr 2026, 11:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:21.447	Passed

19.606

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.619

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.917

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.373

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 6.690

When the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.423

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.720

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.469

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.704

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 6.519

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.201

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.938

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.512

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.161

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.287

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:18.834

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 6.528

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.279

And I warm reboot the computer 0.012

And the computer reboots Tails 1:11.554

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.459

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:14.283

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.535

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.753

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.517

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.470

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.760

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.058

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

And I start the computer 0.749

And the computer boots Tails 34.594

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.348

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.484

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 6.895

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 19.454

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.898

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.726

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.204

And all notifications have disappeared 4.120

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.069

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.296

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.756

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.822

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.879

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.402

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.941

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.255

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.424

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.465

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.867

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.293

# 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 4.314

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.251

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.556

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.910

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.291

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.091

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.290

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.078

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 6.680

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.096

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 9.800

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.465

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086

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	7:21.447	Passed

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