Cucumber Reports (no 4442) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4442	11 Jun 2026, 11:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:14.913	Passed

19.912

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.684

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 13.152

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.446

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 6.548

When the network is plugged 0.018

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.379

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.240

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.216

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.177

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.617

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.054

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.822

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.200

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.539

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.389

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.712

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.292

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.002

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:0.006

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.712

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.218

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 52.324

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.744

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.094

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

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" 1.446

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 52.710

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 1.264

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.658

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.921

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

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

And I start the computer 0.763

And the computer boots Tails 34.739

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.342

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.735

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 6.759

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.021

And I successfully configure Tor 17.816

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.187

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.643

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 6.621

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.165

And all notifications have disappeared 3.658

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.218

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.553

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.248

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.967

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.952

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.445

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.267

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.223

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.161

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.989

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.466

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.714

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.853

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.219

# 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 4.298

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.626

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.800

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.524

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.321

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.158

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.922

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.291

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.235

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.175

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.565

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.632

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.482

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.074

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.706

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.343

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.372

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.785

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	6:14.913	Passed

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