Cucumber Reports (no 4387) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4387	10 May 2026, 10:55

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:53.833	Passed

18.798

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 6.431

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.303

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.443

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 6.396

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.809

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.329

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.029

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.861

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 6.493

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.397

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.421

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.970

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 0.362

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.906

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 6.579

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.157

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.007

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.154

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.156

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 6.428

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.731

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 46.214

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.775

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.450

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.672

And the computer boots Tails 32.400

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.322

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.608

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.117

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 1.074

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.533

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.807

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 6.398

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.149

And all notifications have disappeared 3.362

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.212

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.499

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.683

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.588

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.358

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.930

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.206

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.531

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 6.385

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.269

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.684

# 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 4.395

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.438

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.724

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.249

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.990

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.246

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.261

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.760

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.461

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 6.829

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.349

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 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765

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	5:53.833	Passed

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