Cucumber Reports (no 4440) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4440	10 Jun 2026, 11:24

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:10.508	Passed

20.341

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.588

When the network is plugged 0.018

And I successfully configure Tor 13.684

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.196

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.678

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.074

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 6.745

When the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.551

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.581

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.129

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.446

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 6.578

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.229

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.420

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.556

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.272

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.313

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.082

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.536

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 6.587

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.251

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 49.830

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.862

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.066

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.294

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.620

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.682

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 48.642

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.342

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.087

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.853

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.260

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.055

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

And I start the computer 0.716

And the computer boots Tails 34.181

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.299

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.621

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 6.576

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.096

When the network is plugged 0.019

And I successfully configure Tor 18.889

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.293

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.910

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.021

Steps

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

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.277

And all notifications have disappeared 3.492

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.019

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.278

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.706

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.217

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.913

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.375

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.396

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.114

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.176

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.237

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.169

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.664

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.934

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 6.842

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.175

And all notifications have disappeared 3.701

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.295

# 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 4.253

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.225

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.500

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.207

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.507

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.289

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.172

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.384

# 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" 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.088

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 6.539

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 8.998

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.001

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.438

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 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.030

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	6:10.508	Passed

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