Cucumber Reports (no 4362) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4362	23 Apr 2026, 13:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:37.757	Passed

19.735

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 7.073

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.606

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.003

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.931

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.428

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.772

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.800

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.039

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.875

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.316

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.463

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.195

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.789

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.332

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:8.514

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.750

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.332

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 1:0.354

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.070

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:10.217

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 6.677

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.563

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:1.138

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.833

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.429

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.075

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

And I start the computer 0.895

And the computer boots Tails 36.028

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.423

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.393

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 6.848

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.094

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 19.377

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.944

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 6.797

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.192

And all notifications have disappeared 3.976

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.079

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.795

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.678

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.267

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.924

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.768

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.533

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.446

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.271

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.078

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.767

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.845

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.200

And all notifications have disappeared 3.941

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.803

# 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 4.328

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.296

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.652

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.894

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.460

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.259

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.337

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.283

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

45.710

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 6.733

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.088

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 37.398

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.467

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

	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	7:37.757	Passed

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