Cucumber Reports (no 4420) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4420	28 May 2026, 11:16

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.433	Passed

19.893

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.548

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.279

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.376

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480

When the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.602

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.247

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.966

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.710

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.111

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 6.518

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.424

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.480

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.180

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.261

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.132

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 6.743

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.189

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 47.501

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.690

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.907

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 6.525

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.391

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 51.237

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.746

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.068

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.550

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 0.046

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

And I start the computer 0.768

And the computer boots Tails 33.432

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.295

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.602

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.439

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 6.466

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.091

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 17.825

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.598

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.200

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 6.594

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.198

And all notifications have disappeared 3.321

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.261

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.577

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.291

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.069

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.764

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.471

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.155

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.255

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.053

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.368

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.655

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.215

And all notifications have disappeared 3.570

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.207

# 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 4.203

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.540

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.264

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.471

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.257

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.110

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.004

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.313

# 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" 0.232

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.657

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.454

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 6.370

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.072

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.579

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.266

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.032

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	6:6.433	Passed

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