Cucumber Reports (no 4392) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4392	12 May 2026, 13:23

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.724	Passed

19.043

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.652

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 12.313

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.992

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.203

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.453

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.359

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.972

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.351

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.925

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.883

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.695

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.161

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.445

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.105

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.129

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.263

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.991

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.909

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.764

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.219

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.857

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.171

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.775

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.398

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.307

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.685

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.882

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.832

And the computer boots Tails 34.667

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.759

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.984

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.588

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.104

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 19.220

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.978

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.498

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.918

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.522

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.079

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.175

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.581

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.404

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.941

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.014

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.375

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.123

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.912

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.195

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.073

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.149

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.186

And all notifications have disappeared 3.535

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.221

# 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 4.027

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.237

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.542

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.440

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.513

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.129

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.137

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.265

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.985

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.072

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.916

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.663

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.377

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:531 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.915

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 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	6:8.724	Passed

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