Cucumber Reports (no 4422) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4422	30 May 2026, 11:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:18.103	Passed

20.105

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 6.622

When the network is plugged 0.023

And I successfully configure Tor 13.401

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.345

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 6.545

When the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.332

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.268

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.119

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.147

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.794

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.744

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 6.833

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.228

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.622

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.997

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.710

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.281

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.018

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 6.682

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.185

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.212

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.933

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:4.128

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.865

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.265

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 55.102

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.887

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.098

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.056

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.053

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.321

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.106

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.030

And I start the computer 0.819

And the computer boots Tails 33.933

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.432

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.126

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.685

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.092

When the network is plugged 0.058

And I successfully configure Tor 18.243

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.557

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 6.590

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.179

And all notifications have disappeared 3.597

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.377

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.639

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.284

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.013

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.814

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.121

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

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.163

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.033

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.938

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.753

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.388

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.231

# 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 4.448

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.331

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.597

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.399

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.368

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.347

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.108

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.343

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.335

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.634

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.816

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.778

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.085

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.595

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.336

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 0.288

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.726

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	6:18.103	Passed

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