Cucumber Reports (no 4404) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4404	19 May 2026, 18:45

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:55.096	Passed

19.429

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 6.433

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.924

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.335

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 6.470

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.069

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.462

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.134

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.768

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.929

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 6.563

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.047

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.565

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.318

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.227

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.619

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.546

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.178

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 48.865

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.537

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.323

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.464

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.860

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 46.239

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.754

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.025

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.590

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 0.046

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.698

And the computer boots Tails 31.770

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.091

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.500

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.038

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.535

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 17.371

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 1.020

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.080

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 6.352

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.475

And I capture all network traffic 0.005

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.659

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.894

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.200

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.953

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.307

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.405

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.097

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.217

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.234

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.074

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.529

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.160

And all notifications have disappeared 3.346

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.298

# 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 3.986

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.194

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.407

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.181

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.390

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.227

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.209

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 0.036

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.255

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.222

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.460

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.077

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 7.251

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.414

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 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812

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	5:55.096	Passed

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