Cucumber Reports (no 4427) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4427	02 Jun 2026, 11:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.535	Passed

20.202

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.618

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 13.515

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.200

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.411

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.486

When the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.490

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.092

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.285

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.173

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 6.450

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.254

And I capture all network traffic 0.033

And the network is plugged 0.047

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.392

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.580

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.090

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.288

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.642

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 6.432

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 49.479

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.548

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.555

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.310

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 6.685

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.627

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.821

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.169

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.096

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.856

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.637

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.009

And I start the computer 0.807

And the computer boots Tails 34.471

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.017

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.637

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 6.738

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.120

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 17.713

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.600

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 6.774

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.171

And all notifications have disappeared 3.481

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

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 2.216

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.528

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.969

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.900

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.491

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.297

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 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.151

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.210

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.813

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.637

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.283

# 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 4.144

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.289

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.492

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.818

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.162

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.250

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.246

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.160

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.848

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.709

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

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

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 8.643

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.458

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 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.801

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	6:11.535	Passed

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