Cucumber Reports (no 4385) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4385	08 May 2026, 20:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.105	Passed

19.395

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.368

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.957

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.965

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 6.361

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.239

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.728

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 6.310

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.288

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.642

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.962

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.283

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.153

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.638

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 6.391

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.026

And the computer reboots Tails 48.961

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.090

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.938

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 6.434

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.503

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 55.902

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.887

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 0.045

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

And I start the computer 0.736

And the computer boots Tails 32.847

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.251

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.171

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 6.539

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.481

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.392

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 6.505

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.461

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.179

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.456

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.204

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.585

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.166

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.901

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.194

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.213

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.606

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.155

And all notifications have disappeared 3.595

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.206

# 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 3.948

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.560

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.656

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.220

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.247

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.773

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.317

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.063

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 6.998

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.370

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 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771

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	6:7.105	Passed

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