Cucumber Reports (no 4394) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4394	13 May 2026, 11:07

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.480	Passed

20.203

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.637

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 13.498

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.804

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.909

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.672

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.201

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.725

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.235

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.679

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.164

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 6.526

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.181

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.668

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.280

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

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 0.132

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.481

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.549

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.155

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.066

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.702

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.694

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.210

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.671

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.539

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.734

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.259

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.674

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.711

And the computer boots Tails 32.843

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.765

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 17.120

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.447

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.188

And all notifications have disappeared 3.741

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.078

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.313

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.724

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.215

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.890

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.797

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.454

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.167

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.956

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.273

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.113

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.545

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.699

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.201

# 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 4.317

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.277

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.561

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.795

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.446

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.108

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.206

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.953

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.510

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.598

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.079

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 9.421

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.385

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 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.065

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	6:10.480	Passed

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