Cucumber Reports (no 4377) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4377	05 May 2026, 13:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:24.455	Passed

20.365

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.604

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 12.698

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.910

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.787

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.480

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.072

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.446

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.104

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.756

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.989

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.009

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.861

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.340

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.986

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.176

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 6.719

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.211

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 53.258

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.981

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.875

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.609

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.263

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 50.560

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.434

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.960

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 0.068

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.749

And the computer boots Tails 36.746

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.386

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.672

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.802

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.106

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 21.700

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.472

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.227

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.472

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.372

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.895

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.173

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.883

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.500

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.125

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.489

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.717

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.411

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.067

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.216

And all notifications have disappeared 3.329

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.178

# 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 4.078

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.252

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.602

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.960

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.378

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.310

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.236

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.212

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.347

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.210

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.854

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.923

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 8.438

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723

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	6:24.455	Passed

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