Cucumber Reports (no 4382) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4382	08 May 2026, 10:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.158	Passed

20.268

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 6.524

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.676

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.213

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 6.573

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.349

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.963

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.272

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.264

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.171

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.374

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.496

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.242

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.355

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.354

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 6.639

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.168

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.294

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.245

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.082

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.622

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.467

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 51.287

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.700

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.666

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.755

And the computer boots Tails 33.793

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.700

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 6.610

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

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 17.932

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.561

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 6.516

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.307

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.271

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.642

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.234

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.983

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.356

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.469

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.075

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.065

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.479

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 6.617

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.301

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.191

# 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 4.029

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.208

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.505

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 16.018

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.251

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.123

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.272

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.592

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.566

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 6.744

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.110

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.323

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.364

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 0.005

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080

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	6:8.158	Passed

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