Cucumber Reports (no 4436) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4436	07 Jun 2026, 11:15

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:2.571	Passed

20.225

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.612

When the network is plugged 0.015

And I successfully configure Tor 13.552

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.065

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 6.515

When the network is plugged 0.014

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.333

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.977

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.184

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.514

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 6.550

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.316

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.070

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.092

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.252

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.168

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.848

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 6.526

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.196

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 49.218

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.902

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

58.058

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.015

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.623

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.438

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.092

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.898

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.403

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 0.044

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.006

And I start the computer 0.722

And the computer boots Tails 32.584

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.065

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.186

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 6.385

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.675

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.220

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 6.664

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.178

And all notifications have disappeared 3.439

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.156

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.448

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.226

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.782

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.635

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.343

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.877

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.218

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.072

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.193

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.881

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.153

And all notifications have disappeared 3.377

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.167

# 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 3.982

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.227

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.471

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.326

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.349

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.244

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.173

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.350

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.212

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.164

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.682

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.167

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 6.430

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.084

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 8.220

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.409

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:531 0.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.875

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001

	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	6:2.571	Passed

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