Cucumber Reports (no 4428) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4428	03 Jun 2026, 11:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.217	Passed

19.327

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.783

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.484

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.062

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 6.580

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.277

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.000

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.141

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.154

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.007

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 6.408

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.203

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.484

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.217

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.328

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.301

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.152

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.086

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.631

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.209

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.692

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.546

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.092

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 6.663

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.411

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 51.832

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.178

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.945

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 0.079

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.019

And I start the computer 0.723

And the computer boots Tails 33.075

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.692

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.665

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 0.003

Steps

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

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.088

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.023

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.923

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.654

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.687

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.166

And all notifications have disappeared 3.426

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.254

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.510

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.202

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.951

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.614

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.354

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.112

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.988

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 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.833

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.630

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.154

And all notifications have disappeared 3.471

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.220

# 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 4.193

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.297

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.457

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.975

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" 0.254

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.135

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.001

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 0.051

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.252

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.179

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.543

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.586

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.108

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 7.400

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.424

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 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.033

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	6:9.217	Passed

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