Cucumber Reports (no 4412) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4412	23 May 2026, 11:02

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:59.220	Passed

19.853

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.423

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 13.367

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.732

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.943

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 6.427

When the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.318

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.960

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.153

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.648

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.276

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 6.520

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.199

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.563

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.536

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.167

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.233

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.130

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.531

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.453

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.217

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.165

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.689

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.343

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 6.462

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.893

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 50.020

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.959

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.016

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.735

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 0.049

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

And I start the computer 0.698

And the computer boots Tails 32.631

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.349

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.920

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.220

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 6.508

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.072

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 17.578

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.827

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.363

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 6.486

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.182

And all notifications have disappeared 3.583

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.157

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.533

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.824

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.369

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.473

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.863

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.408

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.525

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 6.455

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.409

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.246

# 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 4.098

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.206

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.607

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.755

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.234

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.220

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.320

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.046

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.426

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 6.514

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.480

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.334

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.541

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	5:59.220	Passed

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