Cucumber Reports (no 4365) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4365	29 Apr 2026, 11:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	7:40.361	Passed

20.317

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.738

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 13.492

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.577

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.782

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.627

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.644

And I wait until Tor is ready 31.425

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.080

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.091

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 6.959

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.233

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.719

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.838

And I wait until Tor is ready 30.785

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.479

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:11.233

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.794

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.192

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.666

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.575

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:12.163

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 6.705

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.441

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 1:3.110

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.897

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.080

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.044

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

And I start the computer 0.751

And the computer boots Tails 33.951

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.325

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.625

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.730

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.105

When the network is plugged 0.012

And I successfully configure Tor 19.741

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.474

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 0.001

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 "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.734

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.062

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.347

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.695

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.680

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.806

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.397

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.327

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 0.084

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.790

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 6.591

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 3.729

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.280

# 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 4.335

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.545

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.330

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.416

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.260

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.152

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.268

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.006

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 6.677

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.845

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.378

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

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	7:40.361	Passed

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