Cucumber Reports (no 4416) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4416	26 May 2026, 21:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:30.006	Passed

20.438

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.148

When the network is plugged 0.031

And I successfully configure Tor 13.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.256

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.584

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.191

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.019

When the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.429

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.401

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.263

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.774

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 6.894

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.215

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.561

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.929

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.808

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.288

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.155

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.851

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.189

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 6.651

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.230

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 55.098

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.203

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.095

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:3.869

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.074

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.804

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 54.437

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.548

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.131

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

37.273

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.057

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

And I start the computer 0.790

And the computer boots Tails 36.079

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.336

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.129

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.179

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.100

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 19.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.915

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 6.725

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.232

And all notifications have disappeared 3.488

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.778

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.787

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.265

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.124

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.864

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.446

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.149

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.548

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.622

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.196

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.980

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.193

And all notifications have disappeared 3.583

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.941

# 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 4.241

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.547

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.462

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.414

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.341

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.447

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.316

# 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" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.859

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.070

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.027

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 6.863

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.612

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.434

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 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.054

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	6:30.006	Passed

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