Cucumber Reports (no 4522) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4522	30 Jul 2026, 00:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:33.452	Passed

16.797

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.109

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 10.619

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.300

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.117

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.825

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.266

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.025

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.055

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.156

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.157

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.864

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.539

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.936

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.318

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.182

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.671

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.059

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.171

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.192

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.238

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.995

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.212

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.788

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.810

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.179

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.198

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.415

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.182

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 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.581

And the computer boots Tails 28.472

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.449

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.237

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.087

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 17.034

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.378

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.130

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 2.935

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.732

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.698

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.328

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.124

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.385

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.086

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.024

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.331

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.854

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.165

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.148

And all notifications have disappeared 3.032

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.680

# 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 4.076

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.224

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.548

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.545

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.403

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.265

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.983

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.326

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.766

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.116

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.075

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 8.273

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.266

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 0.270

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

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	5:33.452	Passed

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