Cucumber Reports (no 4437) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4437	08 Jun 2026, 11:05

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:11.136	Passed

19.450

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493

When the network is plugged 0.017

And I successfully configure Tor 12.880

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.244

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.061

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 6.859

When the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.496

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.216

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.393

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.060

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.334

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 6.581

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.132

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.560

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.452

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.203

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.348

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.130

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 6.567

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.194

And I warm reboot the computer 0.011

And the computer reboots Tails 50.962

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.394

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.136

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.716

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.425

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 52.136

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.847

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.076

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.282

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 0.055

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.008

And I start the computer 0.773

And the computer boots Tails 33.393

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.075

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.840

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.205

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 6.793

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.156

When the network is plugged 0.014

And I successfully configure Tor 18.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.877

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.919

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.533

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.199

And all notifications have disappeared 3.361

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

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 2.359

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.777

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.720

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.783

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.374

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.113

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.967

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.390

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.848

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 6.872

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.145

And all notifications have disappeared 3.389

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.250

# 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 4.122

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.499

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.912

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.225

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.002

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.258

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.062

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.337

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.295

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.767

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 6.933

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.097

And the network is plugged 0.049

And Tor is ready 8.259

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.422

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 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.773

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	6:11.136	Passed

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