Cucumber Reports (no 4417) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4417	27 May 2026, 11:22

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.360	Passed

19.844

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.429

When the network is plugged 0.042

And I successfully configure Tor 13.319

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.068

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 6.764

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.400

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.476

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.357

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.045

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.314

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 6.814

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.180

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.399

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.404

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.164

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.275

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.788

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.931

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.645

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.243

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.475

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.559

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.125

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 6.564

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.559

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 52.214

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.782

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.535

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.642

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.053

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

And I start the computer 0.819

And the computer boots Tails 33.414

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.346

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.654

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 6.517

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.122

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.949

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.323

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 0.003

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.140

And all notifications have disappeared 3.475

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.236

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.572

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.664

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.625

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.442

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.970

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.276

# 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 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.742

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.972

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 6.524

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.429

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.191

# 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 3.915

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.230

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.642

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.385

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.421

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.262

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.280

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.296

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.481

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.562

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.021

And Tor is ready 8.382

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.409

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 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.043

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	6:10.360	Passed

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