Cucumber Reports (no 4400) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4400	17 May 2026, 11:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.805	Passed

19.891

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 6.789

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.023

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.662

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.033

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 6.532

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.318

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.965

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.163

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.983

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.000

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.430

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.138

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.266

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.746

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.209

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.129

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.199

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 6.698

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.223

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 53.327

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.940

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.967

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.885

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.843

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.043

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 46.717

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.273

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.138

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 0.050

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

And I start the computer 0.818

And the computer boots Tails 33.957

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.303

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.007

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.526

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 6.665

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.722

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.196

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 6.436

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.346

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.054

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.515

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.231

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.938

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.255

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.492

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.105

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.265

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.637

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.664

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.151

And all notifications have disappeared 3.413

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.210

# 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 4.096

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.261

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.634

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.691

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.468

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.238

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.060

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.245

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.296

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 6.517

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.083

And the network is plugged 0.014

And Tor is ready 7.239

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.436

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 0.237

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.750

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	6:7.805	Passed

Feature Report