Cucumber Reports (no 4397) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4397	15 May 2026, 11:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.324	Passed

18.145

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 6.477

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 11.600

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.893

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.777

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 6.468

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.968

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.009

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.119

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.456

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.137

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.120

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.931

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.095

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.310

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.874

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.573

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.406

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.187

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.453

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.518

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.485

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.417

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 6.422

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.996

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.906

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.085

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.090

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.910

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.517

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 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.767

And the computer boots Tails 32.642

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.086

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.896

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 6.436

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.081

When the network is plugged 0.013

And I successfully configure Tor 17.322

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.180

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.725

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.026

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.468

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.144

And all notifications have disappeared 3.425

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.254

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.547

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.733

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.220

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.434

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.059

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.297

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.493

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 6.415

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.172

And all notifications have disappeared 3.422

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.199

# 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 3.989

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.248

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.549

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.203

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.435

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.845

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.249

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.071

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.356

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.495

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.107

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.315

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.418

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 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.711

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	6:2.324	Passed

Feature Report