Cucumber Reports (no 4424) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4424	01 Jun 2026, 11:04

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:58.600	Passed

19.670

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.577

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.031

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.728

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.184

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.582

When the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.862

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.562

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.118

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.968

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.480

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 6.537

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.121

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.070

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.280

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 0.245

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.126

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.274

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 6.581

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.173

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.312

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.202

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

55.010

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 6.628

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.397

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 46.232

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.743

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.608

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.103

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

And I start the computer 0.747

And the computer boots Tails 32.689

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.507

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.852

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 6.457

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.086

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.219

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.074

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.027

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.599

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.211

And all notifications have disappeared 3.796

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.067

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.245

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.531

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.263

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.984

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.351

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.443

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.999

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.339

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.013

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.930

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.167

And all notifications have disappeared 3.778

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.303

# 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 4.252

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.271

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.633

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.744

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.477

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.226

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.355

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.090

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.385

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.166

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.477

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.579

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

And the network is plugged 0.013

And Tor is ready 7.439

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.367

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.002

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.077

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	5:58.600	Passed

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