Cucumber Reports (no 4407) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4407	21 May 2026, 11:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.342	Passed

19.331

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.692

When the network is plugged 0.038

And I successfully configure Tor 12.556

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.294

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.915

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.386

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.718

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.222

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.177

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 6.516

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.206

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.295

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.723

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.103

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

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

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.941

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.490

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.706

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.172

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 50.915

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.691

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.191

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 6.757

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.432

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.453

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.543

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.138

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.009

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 0.092

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

And I start the computer 0.752

And the computer boots Tails 34.105

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.636

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.410

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 6.501

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.101

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.734

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.998

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.999

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 3.558

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.056

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.175

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.613

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.198

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.062

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.781

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.422

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.117

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.300

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.415

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.311

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.704

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.632

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.258

# 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 3.979

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.213

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.565

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.115

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.521

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.256

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.119

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.104

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.303

# 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" 0.286

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.185

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.128

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.666

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

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 8.998

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.365

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 0.271

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948

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	6:11.342	Passed

Feature Report