Cucumber Reports (no 4419) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4419	27 May 2026, 19:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.557	Passed

19.375

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.570

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 12.706

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.665

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.524

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 6.528

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.315

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.295

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.314

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.394

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.800

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.066

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.737

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.204

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.727

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.894

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.229

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.201

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.047

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.846

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.198

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.166

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.830

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.613

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.276

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 6.777

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.498

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.518

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.476

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.909

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.467

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 0.052

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

And I start the computer 0.889

And the computer boots Tails 35.186

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.332

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.793

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.404

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.828

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.396

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.147

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.622

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.761

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.765

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.684

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.281

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.804

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.928

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.467

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.136

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.253

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.004

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.419

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 6.691

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.201

And all notifications have disappeared 3.726

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.403

# 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 4.048

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.332

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.513

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.870

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.458

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.120

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.180

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.251

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.273

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.158

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.992

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.827

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 7.164

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.091

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 9.065

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.467

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.004

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.685

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	6:11.557	Passed

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