Cucumber Reports (no 4514) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4514	26 Jul 2026, 11:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.094	Passed

19.752

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.679

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 12.995

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.767

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.581

When the network is plugged 0.022

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.757

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.204

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.144

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.052

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.868

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.179

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.380

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.247

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.775

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.519

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.109

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.018

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.062

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

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.389

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.341

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.395

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.838

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.656

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.186

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 48.574

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.416

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

34.926

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.051

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

And I start the computer 0.794

And the computer boots Tails 33.774

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.298

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.894

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.517

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 18.240

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.350

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.669

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.170

And all notifications have disappeared 3.420

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.074

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.207

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.508

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.278

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.831

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.815

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.427

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.178

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.595

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.524

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.525

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.655

# 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 4.412

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.247

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.543

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.802

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.561

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.243

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.107

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.006

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.388

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.049

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.969

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.736

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.090

And the network is plugged 0.023

And Tor is ready 8.723

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.391

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 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	6:7.094	Passed

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