Cucumber Reports (no 4431) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4431	04 Jun 2026, 15:57

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:15.964	Passed

19.087

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 6.701

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 12.326

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.227

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.933

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.726

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.990

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.870

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.260

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.146

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.849

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.841

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.156

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.117

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.477

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.863

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.286

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.181

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.268

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 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.768

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.432

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.851

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.008

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.773

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 52.316

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.677

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.863

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.249

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 0.058

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.781

And the computer boots Tails 35.030

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.366

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.921

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.969

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 6.844

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.075

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.991

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.117

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.973

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.948

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.235

And all notifications have disappeared 3.810

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.070

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.287

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.547

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.258

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.890

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.852

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.505

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.126

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.115

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.256

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.669

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.266

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.135

And all notifications have disappeared 3.934

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.172

# 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 4.204

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.599

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.796

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.456

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.133

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.094

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.279

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.284

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.173

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.816

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.358

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 6.780

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.100

And the network is plugged 0.019

And Tor is ready 8.952

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.500

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 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.595

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	6:15.964	Passed

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