Cucumber Reports (no 4438) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4438	09 Jun 2026, 07:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.679	Passed

19.488

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.750

When the network is plugged 0.061

And I successfully configure Tor 12.625

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.567

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.411

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.600

When the network is plugged 0.050

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.785

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.621

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.271

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.081

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.870

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.547

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 6.648

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.348

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.529

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.667

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.021

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.258

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.499

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.377

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.751

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.239

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 51.698

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.682

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:1.066

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 6.791

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.281

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.365

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.622

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.030

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.049

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.007

And I start the computer 0.755

And the computer boots Tails 33.844

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.373

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.097

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.561

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.323

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.821

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 18.347

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.127

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.778

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.189

And all notifications have disappeared 3.515

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.117

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.306

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.855

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.232

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.014

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.218

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.463

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.942

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.302

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.389

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.597

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.180

And all notifications have disappeared 3.250

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.279

# 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 4.455

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.318

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.650

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.735

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.419

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.115

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.372

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.372

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.324

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.918

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 7.257

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.016

And Tor is ready 9.122

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.426

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 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.019

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	6:14.679	Passed

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