Cucumber Reports (no 4386) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4386	09 May 2026, 10:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.555	Passed

19.796

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.479

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 13.259

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.409

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 6.443

When the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.560

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.997

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.353

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.172

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 6.495

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.148

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.431

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.553

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.218

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.176

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.273

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 6.835

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.166

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.528

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.735

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.958

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.618

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.338

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 50.208

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.787

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.386

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.674

And the computer boots Tails 32.593

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.066

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.686

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 6.448

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.123

When the network is plugged 0.054

And I successfully configure Tor 19.008

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.991

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.680

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.184

And all notifications have disappeared 3.563

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.237

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.514

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.841

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.843

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.936

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.276

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.495

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 6.605

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.174

And all notifications have disappeared 3.375

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

# 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 3.941

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.539

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.670

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.459

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.179

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.215

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.262

# 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" 0.295

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.384

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 6.494

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.078

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 8.328

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.444

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.006

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.012

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.647

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	6:7.555	Passed

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