Cucumber Reports (no 4149) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4149	04 Jan 2026, 11:29

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:49.758	Passed

18.246

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.399

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 11.797

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.211

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.624

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.379

When the network is plugged 0.020

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.806

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.177

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.191

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.778

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.434

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.034

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.870

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.990

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.031

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.239

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.307

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.547

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.250

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 48.298

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.203

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.130

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.393

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.731

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 47.561

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.439

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.286

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

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

And I start the computer 0.708

And the computer boots Tails 31.423

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.099

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.163

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.538

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.078

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 17.466

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.667

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.445

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.298

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.065

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.683

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.812

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.137

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.721

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.494

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.377

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.101

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.069

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.248

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.170

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.595

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.448

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.120

And all notifications have disappeared 3.616

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.017

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.632

# 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 4.121

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.104

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.490

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.943

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.321

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.237

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.892

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.227

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.276

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.144

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.957

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.479

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.087

And the network is plugged 0.022

And Tor is ready 8.072

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.292

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 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	5:49.758	Passed

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